Religious experience : a reader / Craig Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Craig, 1976- author.

Contributor:

McCutcheon, Russell T., 1961-

Series:

Critical Categories in the Study of Religion.

Critical categories in the study of religion

Critical Categories in the Study of Religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Experience (Religion).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many regard religious experience as the essence of religion, arguing that narratives might be created and rituals invented but that these are always secondary to the original experience itself. However, the concept of ""experience"" has come under increasing fire from a range of critics and theorists. This Reader presents writings from both those who assume the existence and possible universality of religious experience and those who question the very rhetoric of ""experience"". Bringing together both classic and contemporary writings, the Reader showcases differing disciplinary approaches to.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Sources; 1. Introduction; Part I: The Background of Experience; 2. "Experience," from Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society; 3. "Rethinking Experience," from Shelter Blues: Sanity and Selfhood among the Homeless; Part II: The Autonomy of Experience; 4. "Lecture 2: Circumscription of the Topic," from The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature; 5. "James: Varieties," from Varieties of Religion Today: William James Revisited; Part III: The Universality of Experience

6. "Universals in Religion," from Types of Religious Experience: Christian and Non-Christian7. "Bozeman to Banaras: Questions from the Passage to India," from Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras; Part IV: The Explanation of Experience; 8. "A Classic Conversion Experience" and "Explaining Religious Experience," from Religious Experience; 9. Excerpt from "Conclusion," from Fits, Trances, and Visions: Experiencing Religion and Explaining Experience from Wesley to James; Part V: The Unraveling of Experience; 10. "Experience," from Critical Terms for Religious Studies

11. "The Evidence of Experience," from Critical InquiryConclusion: The Capital of "Experience"; 12. William James in Late Capitalism: Our Religion of the Status Quo; Some Afterwords ...; 13. I Have a Hunch; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-317-54570-2

1-315-72936-9

9781315729367

OCLC:

856413190