Religious Experience and Its Transformational Power: Qualitative and Hermeneutic Approaches to a Practical Theological Foundational Concept

Sabrina Müller

book: Religious Experience and Its Transformational Power

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2023

Religious Experience and Its Transformational Power

Qualitative and Hermeneutic Approaches to a Practical Theological Foundational Concept

Sabrina Müller

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110990461

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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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Sabrina Müller, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Sabrina Müller Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
List of figures Open Access Download PDF	1
1 Introduction: religious experience as a practical theological challenge Open Access Download PDF	3
Part I Sensitizing Concepts
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	13
2 “Religious experience”: a conceptual approach Open Access Download PDF	14
3 Human existence in late modernity Open Access Download PDF	31
Part II Methodological Interlude
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	63
4 Practical theology within the horizon of qualitative social research – Methodology Open Access Download PDF	64
Part III A Grounded Theory on the Change of the Frame of Reference through Religious Experience
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	87
5 Individual case presentation: the content of religious experience Open Access Download PDF	88
6 Excursus: Inner aspects and basic observations on the religious experiences of the cross-case and cross-group evaluation Open Access Download PDF	119
7 Processual aspects: Religious experience and the change of the personal frame of reference – cross-case and cross-group evaluation Open Access Download PDF	127
Part IV Discussion and Outlook
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	173
8 Interpretation of the results within the horizon of the initial questions Open Access Download PDF	174
9 Experiencing the Christian perspectives of hope – a practical theological outlook Open Access Download PDF	207
10 Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	225
Register Open Access Download PDF	241

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Original publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Practical theologians, students of theology, church actors, pastors, qualitative researchers of religion
Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 243
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 2
- Coloured Illustrations: 32
- Tables: 1
Keywords: Practical theology; religious experience; faith; hermeneutics

eBook

Published: June 19, 2023
ISBN: 9783110990461

Hardcover

Published: June 19, 2023
ISBN: 9783111000053