The essence of religion was once widely thought to be a unique form of experience that could not be explained in neurological, psychological, or sociological terms. In recent decades scholars have questioned the privileging of the idea of religious experience in the study of religion, an approach th...

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1. Verfasser:	Taves, Ann (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Princeton, N.J. [u.a.] Princeton University Press 2009
Schlagworte:	Religion Experience (Religion) Meaning (Philosophy) > Religious aspects Religiöse Erfahrung
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Zusammenfassung:	The essence of religion was once widely thought to be a unique form of experience that could not be explained in neurological, psychological, or sociological terms. In recent decades scholars have questioned the privileging of the idea of religious experience in the study of religion, an approach that effectively isolated the study of religion from the social and natural sciences. Religious Experience Reconsidered lays out a framework for research into religious phenomena that reclaims experience as a central concept while bridging the divide between religious studies and the sciences. Ann Taves shifts the focus from "religious experience," conceived as a fixed and stable thing, to an examination of the processes by which people attribute meaning to their experiences. She proposes a new approach that unites the study of religion with fields as diverse as neuroscience, anthropology, sociology, and psychology to better understand how these processes are incorporated into the broader cultural formations we think of as religious or spiritual.
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	XV, 212 S.
ISBN:	9780691140872