1 The religious dimension of personal life -- 2 The formal conditions of the concept -- 3 Dimensional criteria -- 4 Intellectual understanding -- Introduction -- 1 Individual consciousness by way of social determinants -- 2 An interactive state of creative intuition -- 3 The rich diversity of understanding -- 4 Breadth and depth of understanding -- 5 The understanding and the public demonstration of insight -- 5 Religious understanding -- Introduction -- 1 The nature of religious understanding -- 2 Scholarly understanding of religion -- 3 Religious understanding without religious faith