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Doświadczenie religijne w opisie i interpretacji antropologicznej – między emocjami a racjonalizacją
Religious Experience in Anthropological Description and Interpretation – between Emotions and Rationalisation

Author(s): Erazm Kuźma
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Anthropology of experience; ethnographic description; religious experience; mysticism

Summary/Abstract: The author discusses the problem in defining the scope and determining the meaning of the concept of “religious experience” in cultural anthropology. She identifies an individual religious experience which can cause particular difficulties to ethnographers seeking to interpret and describe it. These considerations are illustrated using a selected example from her field research.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 44
  • Page Range: 187-195
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish