Typologies and values of religious mysticism

ترجمه و نقد کتاب the justification of science and the rationality of religious belife

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Drugs and Mysticism

The claim has been made that the experience facilitated by psychedelic drugs, such as LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline, can be similar or identical to the experience described by the mystics of all ages, cultures, and religions. This paper will attempt to examine and explain this possibility. There is a long and continuing history of the religious use of plants that contain psychedelic substances...

Autonomy, religious values, and refusal of lifesaving medical treatment.

The principal question of this paper is: Why are religious values special in refusal of lifesaving medical treatment? This question is approached through a critical examination of a common kind of refusal of treatment case, one involving a rational adult. The central value cited in defence of honouring such a patient's refusal is autonomy. Once autonomy is isolated from other justificatory fact...

David Ranson , Between the “ Mysticism of Politics ” and the “ Politics of Mysticism ” : Interpreting

Religious Symbols and Religious Garb in the Courtroom: Personal Values and Public Judgments