... inclusivist might be willing to accept that the Qur'an contains valid religious truth, but not that it can claim absolute truth. In view of this, it is significant to acknowledge that there are various forms of religious experiences, including prayer; revelation (Martin Luther discovering that 'salvation comes by faith alone'); conversion (St. Paul on the road to Damascus) and mysticism (St. Teresa of Avila and the events described from Medjugorje in Bosnia). In order to examine and consider the value of such experiences it is important to make reference to Friedrich Schliermacher, who argued that religious awareness was a profound and essential element in human life and culture - in 'On Religion: Speeches to its Cultured Despisers', he described such events in this way: "The contemplation of the pious is the immediate consciousness of universal existence of all finite things, in and through the Infinite and of all temporal things ...

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