Religious Epiphanies Across Traditions and Cultures

James Kellenberger is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Northridge, USA. His previous books include Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, Dying to Self and Detachment, and, most recently, The Everlasting and the Eternal, and Wisdom: Folk, Arcane, Practical, Religious, Philosophical, Mystical.

• Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Part I Traditional Epiphanies.- 1. High Relief Epiphanies.- 2. Quiet Epiphanies.- 3. Dialogue Epiphanies.- 4. Unconscious Epiphanies.- 5. Epiphanies of Unknowing.- Part II Prophetic and Mystical Epiphanies.- 6. Prophetic Epiphanies.- 7. Mystical Epiphanies.- Part III Epiphanic Encounters.- 8. Epiphanic and Near-Epiphanic Encounters.- 9. Possession.- 10. Sacred Mountains, Rivers and Heavenly Bodies.- 11. Epiphanies Without God.- Part IV Epiphanies in the Modern Period and Today.- 12. Epiphanic Prayer.- 13. Visions and Apparitions in the Modern Period.- 14. Contemporary Epiphanies.- 15. Epiphanic Nature.- 16. Miracles.- Part V Issues.- 17. Concerns About False Apprehensions.- 18. Further Issues.- 19. The Nature of the Religious Reality Experienced in Epiphanies.- 20. Conclusions.- Bibliography.- Index.