Religious and Paranormal Beliefs

Abstract

Every day, human beings make series of claims. These claims are made based on certain beliefs. Both the religionist and the paranormalist make certain claims. The claims of religion and the paranormal have some epistemological basis. This chapter, therefore, attempts to analyze the nature of belief, religious and paranormal beliefs, and the basis for belief in general and also the basis for religious and paranormal beliefs in particular. This analysis will help to appreciate better the Eupraxophic perspectives on religious and paranormal beliefs.