Cognitive Phenomenology of Religious Experience in Religious Narratives, Dreams, and Nightmares

McNamara (2009) hypothesized that a 4-step sequential decentering process (diminished agency, liminality, effort, and success) characterized the phenomenology of religious and spiritual experiences (rses) and was rooted in dreams and nightmares. We content analyzed 50 rses, 50 dreams, and 50 nightma...

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Authors: McNamara, Patrick 1956- (Author) ; Minsky, April (Author) ; Pae, Victoria (Author)
Contributors: Gusev, Alina (Other)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: SAGE Publishing 2015
In: Archive for the psychology of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 37, Issue: 3, Pages: 343-357
Further subjects:B religious and spiritual experiences nightmares dreams phenomenology decentering content analysis
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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