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Causality and Subjectivity in the Religious Quest
Author(s) -
Goodenough Ursula
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
zygon®
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9744.00310
Subject(s) - subjectivity , religious experience , spirituality , causality (physics) , causation , dynamics (music) , epistemology , psychology , sociology , social psychology , philosophy , medicine , pedagogy , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , quantum mechanics
The dynamics of seeking causation and the dynamics of subjectivity are presented and then brought together in a consideration of the three core components of the religious quest: the search for and experience of ultimate explanations, the interiority of religious experience (“spirituality”), and the empathic experience of religious fellowship.