Religious experience and its transformational power: qualitative and hermeneutic approaches to a practical-theological foundational concept
The author approaches the phenomenon 'religious experience' through a qualitative study in which young, urban people from Europe and the USA are empirically examined. It becomes clear that individuals themselves are constructive agents of experience and theology. Religious experience manif...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Berlin Boston
De Gruyter
[2023]
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religious experience
/ Liberation theology
/ Feminist theology
/ Contextual theology
/ Practical theology
/ Reformed theology
B USA / Europe / City / Adult (18-30 Jahre) / Religiosity / Interrogation / Religious experience |
| Further subjects: | B
hermeneutics
B faith B religious experience B Practical theology B Thesis B Pastoral Resources / Christian Ministry / RELIGION |
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| Rights Information: | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | The author approaches the phenomenon 'religious experience' through a qualitative study in which young, urban people from Europe and the USA are empirically examined. It becomes clear that individuals themselves are constructive agents of experience and theology. Religious experience manifests itself as a transformative perspective of hope in the lives of young people. The study ends with a plea for a theology from below, based on liberation theology and feminist theories, in which contextual perspectives are central to practical theological theorising |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 21.06.2023 |
| ISBN: | 3110990466 |
| Access: | Open Access |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/9783110990461 |