Introduction to the Special Issue “Imagining Ultimacy: Religious and Spiritual Experience in Literature”

Scholars who study religious and spiritual experiences often describe them as full, profound, meaningful, and enlightening: “special” experiences, Ann Taves calls them; for Paul Tillich, they are matters of “ultimate concern [...]

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Religions
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2026-03-05
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https://doi.org/10.3390/rel17030323
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Theological Perspectives and Practices
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Introduction to the Special Issue “Imagining Ultimacy: Religious and Spiritual Experience in Literature”

Matthew Wickman
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Theological Perspectives and Practices
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Introduction to the Special Issue “Imagining Ultimacy: Religious and Spiritual Experience in Literature”

Matthew Wickman
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Scholars who study religious and spiritual experiences often describe them as full, profound, meaningful, and enlightening: “special” experiences, Ann Taves calls them; for Paul Tillich, they are matters of “ultimate concern [...]

ReligionsVol. 17(3)
Brigham Young University (US)
Openalex Percentile: Top 39%
Theological Perspectives and Practices
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