The Study of Religious Experience Approaches and Methodologies
Edited by Bettina E. Schmidt, University of Wales Trinity St David
Published by Equinox
208 Pages
Contents
Foreword – Peggy Morgan
Introduction – Bettina E. Schmidt
Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religious Experience
1. How to Study Religious Experience: Historical and Methodological Reflections on the Study of the Paranormal – Fiona Bowie
2. Ethnological and Neurophenomenological Approaches to Religious Experiences – Michael Winkelman
Methodological Challenges for the Study of Religious Experience
3. Fieldwork and Embodied Knowledge: Researching the Experiences of Spirit Mediums in the Brazilian Vale do Amanhecer – Emily Pierini
4. Cultural-Linguistic Constructivism and the Challenge of Near-Death and Out-of- Body Experiences – Gregory Shushan
5. Provincializing Religious Experience: Methodological Challenges to the Study of Religious Experiences in Brazil – Bettina E. Schmidt
Theological and Philosophical Approaches to the Study of Religious Experience
6. Immediate Revelation or the Basest Idolatry? Theology and Religious Experience – Robert Pope
7. An Argument from Religious Experience: Origins and Revelations – Tristan Nash
Reflections on Types of Religious Experience
8. Text and Experience: Reflections on ‘Seeing’ in the Gospel of John – Catrin H. Williams
9. Music as Spiritual Experience – June Boyce-Tillman
10. Is It Possible to Have a ‘Religious Experience’ in Cyberspace? – Gary Bunt
A rich and welcome addition to the literature which has something for anyone with a serious interest in this area of investigation.
Professor Peggy Morgan, Mansfield College, University of Oxford
Quote the code Experience and receive 25% off the retail price when ordering from the book page.
To see further information on the book, chapter abstracts and to order please visit
https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/study-religious-experience-bettina-schmidt/
Edited by Bettina E. Schmidt, University of Wales Trinity St David
Published by Equinox
208 Pages
Contents
Foreword – Peggy Morgan
Introduction – Bettina E. Schmidt
Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religious Experience
1. How to Study Religious Experience: Historical and Methodological Reflections on the Study of the Paranormal – Fiona Bowie
2. Ethnological and Neurophenomenological Approaches to Religious Experiences – Michael Winkelman
Methodological Challenges for the Study of Religious Experience
3. Fieldwork and Embodied Knowledge: Researching the Experiences of Spirit Mediums in the Brazilian Vale do Amanhecer – Emily Pierini
4. Cultural-Linguistic Constructivism and the Challenge of Near-Death and Out-of- Body Experiences – Gregory Shushan
5. Provincializing Religious Experience: Methodological Challenges to the Study of Religious Experiences in Brazil – Bettina E. Schmidt
Theological and Philosophical Approaches to the Study of Religious Experience
6. Immediate Revelation or the Basest Idolatry? Theology and Religious Experience – Robert Pope
7. An Argument from Religious Experience: Origins and Revelations – Tristan Nash
Reflections on Types of Religious Experience
8. Text and Experience: Reflections on ‘Seeing’ in the Gospel of John – Catrin H. Williams
9. Music as Spiritual Experience – June Boyce-Tillman
10. Is It Possible to Have a ‘Religious Experience’ in Cyberspace? – Gary Bunt
A rich and welcome addition to the literature which has something for anyone with a serious interest in this area of investigation.
Professor Peggy Morgan, Mansfield College, University of Oxford
Quote the code Experience and receive 25% off the retail price when ordering from the book page.
To see further information on the book, chapter abstracts and to order please visit
https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/study-religious-experience-bettina-schmidt/
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