Project Ethereality and Numinous Experience Program Margo Katherine Wilke Undergraduate Research Internship Program Term Fall 2024 Status Accepted Research Area Philosophy of religion Description This project is designed for a specific student who began work on it last summer. The main goal of the project is to teach the intern how to write a publishable research paper in philosophy and how to present such a paper to university audiences and professional societies. The desired duration of the project is two semesters. The specific objectives for the fall semester are as follows. First, the intern will continue work on a scholarly paper co-authored with her mentor called "Seeing God in a Solar Eclipse: A New Look at the Phenomenology of Numinous Experience." Specifically, she will finish section 4 of that paper ("Ethereality and Ecstasy") in sufficient time for the paper to be submitted for presentation at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Philosophy of Religion, which will be held in New Orleans in March. This is a professional meeting. Papers (not just abstracts) are reviewed blindly, and I believe only 8 will be accepted for presentation at this meeting. The second objective for the fall term is for the intern and her mentor to present their research in a public lecture at the University of Toledo in October or November. A faculty member at UToledo who is interested in our research has extended an informal invitation for us to speak there, and a formal invitation should be extended soon pending consultation with her department chair. A third and final objective is for the intern to begin work on a shorter single-authored paper based on her main original contribution to the co-authored paper. This paper could be used for presentations at undergraduate (or eventually graduate) research conferences and potentially as a writing sample when she applies to graduate school. Supervisor Paul R Draper Mentor Type of work required The intern will, with her mentor, co-author and co-present a scholarly research paper on the phenomenology of a certain type of religious experience called "numinous experience." Websites The main resources for the project are books, especially Rudolf Otto's classic book on numinous experience,"The Idea of the Holy." Qualifications Previous participation in the project. Credit Hours 0 Weekly Hours 3 (estimated)