Ann Taves: 2 books
Revelatory Events
Three Case Studies of the Emergence of New Spiritual Paths
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Unseen presences. Apparitions. Hearing voices. Although some people would find such experiences to be distressing and seek clinical help, others perceive them as transformative. Occasionally, these unusual phenomena give rise to new spiritual paths or religious movements. Revelatory Events provides...
Religious Experience Reconsidered
A Building-Block Approach to the Study of Religion and Other Special Things
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2009
The essence of religion was once widely thought to be a unique form of experience that could not be explained in neurological, psychological, or sociological terms. In recent decades scholars have questioned the privileging of the idea of religious experience in the study of religion, an approach...