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Religious experience reconsidered [electronic resource] : a bu ilding-block approach to the study of religion and other special things / Ann Taves.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: ACLS Humanities E-BookPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2009.Description: xv, 212 p. : ill. ; 25 cmSubject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources:
Contents:
Introduction: The problem of "religious experience." Experiences dee med religious ; Previous work ; The argument ; Why an attributional app roach is better -- Religion : deeming things religious. The sui generis and ascriptive models of "religious experience." Deeming things religi ous ; Special things and things set apart ; Setting up research ; Concl usion: a four-fold matrix -- Experience : accessing conscious behavior. Clarifying the concept ; Accessing experience ; Representation and exp erience revisited ; Conclusion -- Explanation : attributing causality. Attribution theory : an overview ; An attributional theory of religion ; Four levels of analysis and attribution ; Conclusion -- Comparison : constructing an object of study. Comparing experiences ; Specifying a p oint of comparison ; Comparing simple and composite formations ; Imagin ation and reality -- Religions : a building block approach. Building bl ocks ; Religions as composite formations ; Implications.
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Introduction: The problem of "religious experience." Experiences dee med religious ; Previous work ; The argument ; Why an attributional app roach is better -- Religion : deeming things religious. The sui generis and ascriptive models of "religious experience." Deeming things religi ous ; Special things and things set apart ; Setting up research ; Concl usion: a four-fold matrix -- Experience : accessing conscious behavior. Clarifying the concept ; Accessing experience ; Representation and exp erience revisited ; Conclusion -- Explanation : attributing causality. Attribution theory : an overview ; An attributional theory of religion ; Four levels of analysis and attribution ; Conclusion -- Comparison : constructing an object of study. Comparing experiences ; Specifying a p oint of comparison ; Comparing simple and composite formations ; Imagin ation and reality -- Religions : a building block approach. Building bl ocks ; Religions as composite formations ; Implications.

Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2013. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of a ccess: Intranet.

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