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14 - Meaning and Social Value in Religious Experience

from Part IV - Prominent Themes and Challenges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2020

By
Mark Owen Webb
Edited by
Paul K. Moser  and
Chad Meister
Paul K. Moser
Affiliation:
Loyola University, Chicago
Chad Meister
Affiliation:
Bethel University, Indiana
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Summary

Webb considers that religious experience typically occurs in the setting of a religion as a social institution, and that the subjects of such an experience typically participate in rituals and ceremonies with other people who share some of their beliefs and convictions. He proposes that this social-embedding of religious experiences is significant with regard to their being understood and evaluated, including in connection with their contribution to the meaning of human life.

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Religious experienceSocial valueMeaningSocial institutionSensory experienceQualiaRitualsCeremoniesNaturalism
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The Cambridge Companion to Religious Experience , pp. 319 - 334
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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