宗教哲學研究中,"神聖"一直是獨特的範疇,本課程以William James的"The Varieties of Religious Experience, "Rudolf Otto的"The Idea of the Holy"與Mircea Eliade的"Sacred and the Profane"為綱,輔以當代研究成果,帶領學生進一步討論此主題所涉及的哲學問題。

In the study of religious philosophy, "sacred" has always been a unique category. This course uses "The Varieties of Religious Experience" by William James, "The Idea of ​​the Holy" by Rudolf Otto and "Sacred and the Profane" by Mircea Eliade as the outline, supplemented by contemporary research results, to lead students to further discuss the philosophical issues involved in this topic.

1. Chad Meiste, Introducing Philosophy of Religion, Routledge, 2009.
2.Sumner B. Twiss and Walter H. Conser ed., Experience of the Sacred: Readings in the Phenomenology of Religion, Brown University Press, 1992.
3.David Stewart, Exploring the Philosophy of Religion, 2nd ed., Prentice Hall Inc., 1988. McGraw-Hill Co., 2003.
4.William James，Varieties of Religious Experience, Routledge, 2004.中譯本：《宗教經驗之種種》，蔡佳怡、劉宏信 譯。臺北：立緒出版社，2001年十一月初版。
5.Pike, Nelson, Mystic Union─An Essay in the Phenomenology of Mysticism，New York: Cornell University Press, 1992.
6.Rudolf Otto, tr. John W. harvey, The Idea of the Holy: An Inquiry into the Non-rational factor in the Idea of the Divine and its Relation to the Rational ,Oxford,2nd edtion,1957.中譯本 成窮,周邦憲 譯,論"神聖",四川人民出版社, 1995.
7.Ralpf W. Hood ed. Handbook of Religious Experience, religious Education Press, 1995.
8.Mircea Eliade, tr. Willard Trask, The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion, Harvest Books, 1961.中譯, 楊素娥,聖與俗: 宗教的本質, 桂冠圖書, 2001.

1. Chad Meiste, Introducing Philosophy of Religion, Routledge, 2009.
2.Sumner B. Twiss and Walter H. Conser ed., Experience of the Sacred: Readings in the Phenomenology of Religion, Brown University Press, 1992.
3.David Stewart, Exploring the Philosophy of Religion, 2nd ed., Prentice Hall Inc., 1988. McGraw-Hill Co., 2003.
4.William James, Varieties of Religious Experience, Routledge, 2004. Chinese translation: "Variety of Religious Experience", translated by Cai Jiayi and Liu Hongxin. Taipei: Lixu Publishing House, first edition in November 2001.
5.Pike, Nelson, Mystic Union─An Essay in the Phenomenology of Mysticism, New York: Cornell University Press, 1992.
6. Rudolf Otto, tr. John W. harvey, The Idea of ​​the Holy: An Inquiry into the Non-rational factor in the Idea of ​​the Divine and its Relation to the Rational , Oxford, 2nd edition, 1957. Chinese translation translated by Cheng Qiong, Zhou Bangxian, On "Holy", Sichuan People's Publishing House, 1995.
7.Ralpf W. Hood ed. Handbook of Religious Experience, religious Education Press, 1995.
8. Mircea Eliade, tr. Willard Trask, The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion, Harvest Books, 1961. Chinese translation, Yang Su'e, The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion, Laurel Books, 2001.