Knowledge and Religious Experience
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"Knowledge and Religious Experience" is a chapter in Muhammad Iqbal’s philosophical work *The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam* that explores the relationship between human understanding, scientific inquiry, and the mystical dimensions of religious faith.
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| Knowledge and Religious Experience canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Knowledge and Religious Experience Context triple: [The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam, hasPart, Knowledge and Religious Experience]
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A.
Thoughts on Religious Experience
Thoughts on Religious Experience is a classic 19th-century Christian theological work by Archibald Alexander that examines the nature, authenticity, and psychological aspects of religious conversion and spiritual life.
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Perceiving God: The Epistemology of Religious Experience
Perceiving God: The Epistemology of Religious Experience is a philosophical work by William Alston that argues for the epistemic legitimacy of religious experience as a source of justified belief in God.
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The Expansion and Contraction of Religious Knowledge
The Expansion and Contraction of Religious Knowledge is a seminal work of Islamic philosophy that argues religious understanding is historically contingent, evolving, and distinct from immutable divine revelation.
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Knowledge and Christian Belief
"Knowledge and Christian Belief" is a philosophical work by Alvin Plantinga that presents a concise, accessible version of his epistemological defense of Christian belief as rational and warranted.
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A Christian Theory of Knowledge
A Christian Theory of Knowledge is a foundational work of Reformed presuppositional apologetics in which Cornelius Van Til develops a distinctly Christian approach to epistemology and the nature of human knowledge.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Knowledge and Religious Experience Target entity description: "Knowledge and Religious Experience" is a chapter in Muhammad Iqbal’s philosophical work *The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam* that explores the relationship between human understanding, scientific inquiry, and the mystical dimensions of religious faith.
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A.
Thoughts on Religious Experience
Thoughts on Religious Experience is a classic 19th-century Christian theological work by Archibald Alexander that examines the nature, authenticity, and psychological aspects of religious conversion and spiritual life.
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B.
Perceiving God: The Epistemology of Religious Experience
Perceiving God: The Epistemology of Religious Experience is a philosophical work by William Alston that argues for the epistemic legitimacy of religious experience as a source of justified belief in God.
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C.
The Expansion and Contraction of Religious Knowledge
The Expansion and Contraction of Religious Knowledge is a seminal work of Islamic philosophy that argues religious understanding is historically contingent, evolving, and distinct from immutable divine revelation.
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D.
Knowledge and Christian Belief
"Knowledge and Christian Belief" is a philosophical work by Alvin Plantinga that presents a concise, accessible version of his epistemological defense of Christian belief as rational and warranted.
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E.
A Christian Theory of Knowledge
A Christian Theory of Knowledge is a foundational work of Reformed presuppositional apologetics in which Cornelius Van Til develops a distinctly Christian approach to epistemology and the nature of human knowledge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book chapter
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philosophical text ⓘ |
| addresses |
critique of classical metaphysics
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dynamic nature of human ego ⓘ experience as the basis of all knowledge ⓘ limits of purely rational knowledge ⓘ relationship between scientific method and religious insight ⓘ role of intuition in Islamic thought ⓘ status of religious experience as knowledge ⓘ validity of mystical experience ⓘ |
| author | Muhammad Iqbal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
existential
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modernist Islamic ⓘ phenomenological approach to religious experience ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Iqbal’s engagement with modern epistemology
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Islamic mysticism ⓘ Qur’anic concept of knowledge ⓘ Sufism NERFINISHED ⓘ Western science NERFINISHED ⓘ modern philosophy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
God-consciousness
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Islamic modernism NERFINISHED ⓘ Sufi experience ⓘ direct experience of the Divine ⓘ epistemology of religion ⓘ experience as a source of knowledge ⓘ interaction of science and religion ⓘ mystical experience in Islam ⓘ mysticism and rationality ⓘ nature of religious knowledge ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ reconstruction of Islamic thought ⓘ relationship between knowledge and religious experience ⓘ religious intuition ⓘ |
| partOf | The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Islamic philosophy
NERFINISHED
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philosophy of religion in the 20th century ⓘ |
| proposes |
that Islamic thought should engage modern science
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that intuition and reason must be integrated ⓘ that religious experience is a genuine mode of knowledge ⓘ that scientific and religious knowledge are complementary ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
The Conception of God and the Meaning of Prayer
NERFINISHED
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The Philosophical Test of the Revelations of Religious Experience NERFINISHED ⓘ The Spirit of Muslim Culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Islam ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| workOf | Muhammad Iqbal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam