Religious experience reconsidered
Subtitle: a building block approach to the study of religion and other special things
By: Ann Taves.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780691140872
Subjects: Experience (Religion); Meaning (Philosophy) -- Religious aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The problem of "religious experience"; title: Experiences deemed religious; title: Previous work; title: The argument; title: Why an attributional approach is better; title: Religion : deeming things religious; title: The sui generis and ascriptive models of "religious experience"; title: Deeming things religious; title: Special things and things set apart; title: Setting up research; title: Conclusion: A four-fold matrix; title: Experience : accessing conscious behavior; title: Clarifying the concept; title: Accessing experience; title: Representation and experience revisited; title: Explanation : attributing causality; title: Attribution theory : an overview; title: An attributional theory of religion; title: Levels of analysis and attribution; title: Comparison : constructing an object of study; title: Comparing experiences; title: Specifying a point of comparison; title: Comparing simple and composite formations; title: Imagination and reality; title: Conclusion: Religions : a building block approach; title: Building blocks; title: Religions as composite formations; title: Implications.