Religious experiences, transformative paths and religious goals
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4371889 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jared R Lindahl (Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne, corresponding author), Jared Lindahl, Travis Chilcott (University of California, Santa Barbara, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 79-83 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-721X • E-ISSN: 1096-1151 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0048721x.2011.553135 |
| OpenAlex | W1992544182 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Though McNamara indicates that his focus is mainly on theistic forms of religious experience common in the West, it is important to consider how his broadly stated thesis might be affected by data from traditions other than those that are the focus of his book. Although he is right to call our attention to the processes through which religious traditions promote and religious practitioners cultivate experiential states, his approach is limited by his non-attributional conceptualization of religious experience as the culmination of one path toward one goal. A more nuanced approach would require attending more closely to: (1) the diversity of ‘experiences’ that religious traditions set apart as being of particular importance; (2) the diversity of practices that are prescribed as being efficacious towards the attainment of those experiences; and (3) the dynamic relationship between individual practitioners and authorities of a religious tradition, wherein questions of authenticity arise and experiences are deemed ‘religious’ or not
Conceptualization · Diversity (politics) · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Ethnology · Experiential learning · Focus (optics) · Pedagogy · Political science · Religious controversies · Religious diversity · Religious experience · Set (abstract data type) · Sociology · Theism · Transformative learning · Anthropology · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |