One of the main functions of religious models is the interpretation of
distinctive types of experience: awe and reverence, moral obligation, reorientation and reconciliation, interpersonal relationships, key historical events, and order and creativity in the world.
We can, however, reflect on
the distinctive types of experience which have been most prominent in religion and try to describe them without explicit reference to any particular religious interpretation.
The primary context of religious beliefs, I will urge, is the interpretation of
distinctive types of experience.
Likewise, metaphysical systems can be considered as speculative extensions of interpretive categories which within religious language itself are applied to
distinctive types of experience and key historical events.
The hypotheses about Jesus that I have found relatively well supported are, first, that the manner and content of Jesus» teaching and actions implicitly claimed extraordinary authority; second, that this implicit claim to authority is best understood as an expression of
a distinctive type of experience or structure of existence; and third, that the distinctiveness of this structure has to do with the relation to God constitutive of it.
For some that designates
a distinctive type of experience, perhaps the experience of the numinous, that combination of intense fascination and terror one experiences in encounter with the uncanny or the holy.
Not exact matches
In the story
of Christ the cloud
of mystery intimated in our boundary
experiences and limit questions is given a personal face that summons us to a
distinctive type of response that can be called the Christian life.
You can have all the dog
experience in the world, but it's also essential to understand the
distinctive features
of the
type of dog you own or work with.
This
type of extensive flooded caverns and grottoes are truly
distinctive in the Yucatan region, so do not miss your opportunity to
experience this areass true natural marvels.
Contextualized in relation to historical and contemporary practices engaging the physical, metaphorical, and sociological
types of mark - making, the works provoke a simultaneously
distinctive and historically positioned
experience for deepened interpretation and reflection.
The second major
type is Functional Resume this should be written when there are large work gaps, have a variety
of unrelated or
distinctive work
experiences, were absent and then re-entering in the job market, more highlighting
of abilities with skills / knowledge and fresh graduates who look for an entry - level job for the career change.
Considered especially important was (a) taking into account confounding child, parent and family background factors that could be responsible for any putative child care effects; (a) distinguishing and disentangling potential effects
of distinctive features
of the child - care
experience, particularly quality, quantity and
type of care (e.g., center - based vs. home - based); and (b) determining whether day care was associated with less separation distress in the SSP or independent behavior was mischaracterized as avoidant behavior.