This fascinating and timely volume analyzes data from a four-year study of the religious experience in contemporary China--the results of which will radically transform the understanding of the role religion...
"The Varieties of Religious Experience is certainly the most notable of all books in the field of the psychology of religion and probably destined to be the most influential [one]...
Spiritual experiences, mystical and near-death incidences are interpreted from scientific, philosophical and religious viewpoints.
This book reports three studies that were undertaken of what "moves" people - firstly, as individuals, through verbal interviews; secondly, in a public house, through working behind the bar, &...
In this volume of essays, Howard Wettstein explores the foundations of religious commitment.
Sacred Knowledge is the first well-documented, sophisticated account of the effect of psychedelics on biological processes, human consciousness, and revelatory religious experiences.
Recognizing the inter-denominational, inter-religious and multi-cultural perspectives that all contribute to the American religious landscape, this book explores the tension between the central, dominant streams of American Christianity and ...
This volume pursues the ongoing debates and discusses the importance of the body and how it is perceived in contemporary religious faith: what happens when “body” and “soul” are un-separated entities?
The contributors to this volume investigate the ways in which religious experience is shaped by the new ethnic, national, and global contexts.
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