000351759 000__ 03580cam\a2200385Ia\4500 000351759 001__ 351759 000351759 005__ 20210513130021.0 000351759 006__ m\\\\\\\\u\\\\\\\\ 000351759 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000351759 008__ 110526s2009\\\\nju\\\\\sb\\\\001\0\eng\d 000351759 010__ $$z 2009006059 000351759 019__ $$a646833534 000351759 020__ $$a9781400830978 (electronic bk.) 000351759 020__ $$z9780691140872 000351759 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn438246102 000351759 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10331733 000351759 035__ $$a351759 000351759 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000351759 05014 $$aBL53$$b.T39 2009eb 000351759 1001_ $$aTaves, Ann,$$d1952- 000351759 24510 $$aReligious experience reconsidered$$h[electronic resource] :$$ba building block approach to the study of religion and other special things /$$cAnn Taves. 000351759 260__ $$aPrinceton, N.J. :$$bPrinceton University Press,$$cc2009. 000351759 300__ $$a1 online resource (xv, 212 p.) 000351759 500__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000351759 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000351759 5050_ $$aIntroduction: 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 ; 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 point of comparison ; Comparing simple and composite formations ; Imagination and reality -- Religions : a building block approach. Building blocks ; Religions as composite formations ; Implications. 000351759 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000351759 520__ $$aThe 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. 000351759 650_0 $$aExperience (Religion) 000351759 650_0 $$aMeaning (Philosophy)$$xReligious aspects. 000351759 655_0 $$aElectronic books. 000351759 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aTaves, Ann, 1952-$$tReligious experience reconsidered.$$dPrinceton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2009$$z9780691140872$$w(DLC) 2009006059$$w(OCoLC)310096999 000351759 8520_ $$bacq 000351759 85280 $$bebk$$hProquest Ebook Central 000351759 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=457927$$zOnline Access 000351759 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:351759$$pGLOBAL_SET 000351759 980__ $$aEBOOK 000351759 980__ $$aBIB 000351759 982__ $$aEbook 000351759 983__ $$aOnline