William James on How to Study Experience: Integrating Phenomenology of Religion and Radical Empiricism
William James stands at the nexus of two intellectual traditions important to religious studies: phenomenology of religion and radical empiricism. Focusing on James’s work, I identify three essential points of contact between radical empiricism and phenomenology of religion: epoché, the affective ch...
| Publié dans: | Method & theory in the study of religion |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2015
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Method & theory in the study of religion
Année: 2015, Volume: 27, Numéro: 4/5, Pages: 423-446 |
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William James
phenomenology of religion
radical empiricism
religious experience
interpretation
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| Résumé: | William James stands at the nexus of two intellectual traditions important to religious studies: phenomenology of religion and radical empiricism. Focusing on James’s work, I identify three essential points of contact between radical empiricism and phenomenology of religion: epoché, the affective character of consciousness, and the inevitably open-ended nature of experience. I argue that these resonances allow them to be integrated, thereby furnishing a more robust and defensible understanding of the category of “experience.” This integrated approach responds to recent criticisms of phenomenology of religion, and describes a complimentary relationship between it and other, explanatory approaches to the study of religion and religious experience. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0682 |
| Contient: | In: Method & theory in the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341343 |