TY  - GEN
AU  - Taves,Ann
TI  - Religious experience reconsidered: a building-block approach to the study of religion and other special things 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Experience (Religion)
KW  - Meaning (Philosophy)
N1  - E-Book-ACLS / Zugriff nur im DHI-Lesesaal; American Council of Learned Societies/ https://www.humanitiesebook.org/about; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; 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 ; 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
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb30746
ER  -