Religious Experience [electronic resource] : a Reader.
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...
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Routledge,
2014.
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| Series: | Critical categories in the study of religion.
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781317545705 1317545702 9781315729367 1315729369 9781317545682 1317545680 9781317545699 1317545699 1845530977 9781845530976 1845530985 9781845530983 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |