Editing Religious experience (section)

===Hinduism===
Building on European philosophers, [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] reduced religion "to the core experience of reality in its fundamental unity".{{sfn|Rinehart|2004|p=195}} According to Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, "Hinduism is not just a [[faith (religion)|faith]]. It is the union of reason and [[Intuition (knowledge)#Intuition and spirituality|intuition]] that cannot be defined, but is only to be experienced."{{sfn|Radhakrishnan|1973}}{{cn|date=May 2023}} This emphasis on experience as validation of a religious worldview is a modern development, which started in the 19th century, and was introduced to Indian thought by western [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] missionaries.{{sfn|King|1999}} It has been popularized in [[Neo-Vedanta]] (also known as neo-Hinduism), which has dominated the popular understanding of Hinduism since the 19th century.{{sfn|King|1999}} It emphasizes mysticism.{{sfn|King|1999|p=171}}{{sfn|Muesse|2011|pp=3-4}}{{sfn|Doniger|2010|p=18}} [[Swami Vivekananda]] presented the teachings of Neo-Vedanta as radical nondualism, unity between all religions and all persons.{{sfn|Irwin|2017|p=218|ps=. "Neo-Vedanta teachings as an expression of a radical nondualism, an inherent unity within all religions and within all persons"}}{{sfn|Dempsey|2011}}