Ways of Living Religion - Philosophical Investigations Into Religious Experience

"Ways of Living Religion provides a philosophical analysis of different types of religious experience, focusing on the lived experience of religion rather than mere statements of belief or doctrine. Christina M. Gschwandtner distinguishes between experiences by examining their defining features, showing their continuity with human experience"--

List of contents

Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Phenomenology as a Method for Exploring Religious Experience; 1. Ascetic Experience; 2. Liturgical Experience; 3. Monastic Experience; 4. Mystical Experience; 5. Devotional Experience; 6. Compassionate Experience; 7. Fundamentalist Experience; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Christina M. Gschwandtner is Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University and author of Reading Jean-Luc Marion (2007), Postmodern Apologetics? (2012), Degrees of Givenness (2014), Marion and Theology (2016), Welcoming Finitude (2019), and Reading Religious Ritual with Ricoeur (2021), as well as many articles and translations at the intersection of phenomenology and religion.

Summary

Ways of Living Religion provides a philosophical analysis of different types of religious experience, focusing on the lived experience of religion rather than mere statements of belief or doctrine. Christina M. Gschwandtner distinguishes between experiences by examining their defining features, showing their continuity with human experience.

Product details

• Authors: Christina M Gschwandtner, Christina M. Gschwandtner, Christina M. (Fordham University Gschwandtner
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2024
• EAN: 9781009476782
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0947678-2
• No. of pages: 372
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; 20th Century, Philosophy, RELIGION / Philosophy, 21st Century, Theology, Christian theology, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Religion & beliefs, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Christian life & practice, Christian life and practice, Relating to Christian people and groups, Philosophy and Religion