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Religious experience reconsidered a building block approach to the study of religion and other special things / Ann Taves.
| Author/creator | Taves, Ann, 1952- |
| Other author | American Council of Learned Societies. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, |
| Description | p. cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: The problem of "religious experience" -- Experiences deemed religious -- Previous work -- The argument -- Why an attributional approach is better -- Religion : deeming things religious -- The sui generis and ascriptive models of "religious experience" -- Deeming things religious -- Special things and things set apart -- Setting up research -- Conclusion: A four-fold matrix -- Experience : accessing conscious behavior -- Clarifying the concept -- Accessing experience -- Representation and experience revisited -- Explanation : attributing causality -- Attribution theory : an overview -- An attributional theory of religion -- Levels of analysis and attribution -- Comparison : constructing an object of study -- Comparing experiences -- Specifying a point of comparison -- Comparing simple and composite formations -- Imagination and reality -- Conclusion: Religions : a building block approach -- Building blocks -- Religions as composite formations -- Implications. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009006059 |
| ISBN | 9780691140872 (alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |