Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Religious Experience
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Religious Experience
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Characterizing Religious Experience
- Part II Religious Experience in Traditional Monotheism
- Part III Religious Experience Outside Traditional Monotheism
- Part IV Prominent Themes and Challenges
- 10 Exploring the Nature of Mystical Experience
- 11 Miraculous and Extraordinary Events As Religious Experience
- 12 Evil, Suffering, and Religious Experience
- 13 Naturalism and Religious Experience
- 14 Meaning and Social Value in Religious Experience
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
14 - Meaning and Social Value in Religious Experience
from Part IV - Prominent Themes and Challenges
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 June 2020
Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Religious Experience
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Religious Experience
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Characterizing Religious Experience
- Part II Religious Experience in Traditional Monotheism
- Part III Religious Experience Outside Traditional Monotheism
- Part IV Prominent Themes and Challenges
- 10 Exploring the Nature of Mystical Experience
- 11 Miraculous and Extraordinary Events As Religious Experience
- 12 Evil, Suffering, and Religious Experience
- 13 Naturalism and Religious Experience
- 14 Meaning and Social Value in Religious Experience
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
Summary
Webb considers that religious experience typically occurs in the setting of a religion as a social institution, and that the subjects of such an experience typically participate in rituals and ceremonies with other people who share some of their beliefs and convictions. He proposes that this social-embedding of religious experiences is significant with regard to their being understood and evaluated, including in connection with their contribution to the meaning of human life.
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