An introduction to religious and spiritual experience

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An Introduction to Religious and 
Spiritual Experience

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An Introduction to Religious and 
Spiritual Experience
Marianne Rankin

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Continuum International Publishing Group
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© Marianne Rankin 2008
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced 
or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, 
including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or 
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British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN 10: HB: 0-8264-9820-5
PB: 
0-8264-9821-3
ISBN 13: HB: 978-0-8264-9820-5
PB: 
978-0-8264-9821-2
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rankin, Marianne.
Introduction to religious and spiritual experience/Marianne Rankin.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ).
ISBN 978-0-8264-9820-5 – ISBN 978-0-8264-9821-2
1. Experience (Religion) 2. Religions. 3. Spiritual life. I. Title.
BL53.R28 2009
204’.2–dc22 2008021938
Typeset by Newgen Imaging Systems Pvt Ltd, Chennai, India
Printed and bound in Great Britain by Cromwell Press Ltd, Trowbridge, 
Wiltshire

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In memory of my Mother and Father.

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