Taves, Ann,   1952- <br/><br/>
Religious experience reconsidered   a bu ilding-block approach to the study of religion and other special things /   [electronic resource] : 
Ann Taves. 
 - Princeton, N.J. :   Princeton University Press,   c2009. 
 - xv, 212 p. :   ill. ;   25 cm. 
 - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/> Electronic text and image data. <br/> Ann Arbor, Mich. : <br/> University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, <br/> 2013. <br/> Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. <br/> ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) <br/> Mode of a ccess: Intranet. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Experience (Religion)<br/> Meaning (Philosophy)-- Religious aspects.