Stephen S. Bush is the Manning Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Brown University. His interests broadly are in theory of religion, philosophy of religion, and religious ethics. He has published essays in Journal of Religion, Journal of Religious Ethics, Soundings, Religious Studies, and Philosophical Review.

Visions of Religion offers a long-overdue call for the integration of approaches to the study of religion that prioritize experience, meaning, or power to make the case that all three are important aspects of religion as social practice.

• Preface ; Introduction ; Part One ; Chapter 1: From Experience to Meaning ; Chapter 2: From Meaning to Power ; Chapter 3: Three Indispensable Concepts ; Part Two ; Chapter 4: Meaning and Power ; Chapter 5: Experience and Meaning ; Chapter 6: Experience and Power ; Chapter 7: Conclusion ; Bibliography

Stephen S. Bush is the Manning Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Brown University. His interests broadly are in theory of religion, philosophy of religion, and religious ethics. He has published essays in Journal of Religion, Journal of Religious Ethics, Soundings, Religious Studies, and Philosophical Review.

Visions of Religion offers a long-overdue call for the integration of approaches to the study of religion that prioritize experience, meaning, or power to make the case that all three are important aspects of religion as social practice.

• Preface ; Introduction ; Part One ; Chapter 1: From Experience to Meaning ; Chapter 2: From Meaning to Power ; Chapter 3: Three Indispensable Concepts ; Part Two ; Chapter 4: Meaning and Power ; Chapter 5: Experience and Meaning ; Chapter 6: Experience and Power ; Chapter 7: Conclusion ; Bibliography

Stephen S. Bush is the Manning Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Brown University. His interests broadly are in theory of religion, philosophy of religion, and religious ethics. He has published essays in Journal of Religion, Journal of Religious Ethics, Soundings, Religious Studies, and Philosophical Review.

Visions of Religion offers a long-overdue call for the integration of approaches to the study of religion that prioritize experience, meaning, or power to make the case that all three are important aspects of religion as social practice.

• Preface ; Introduction ; Part One ; Chapter 1: From Experience to Meaning ; Chapter 2: From Meaning to Power ; Chapter 3: Three Indispensable Concepts ; Part Two ; Chapter 4: Meaning and Power ; Chapter 5: Experience and Meaning ; Chapter 6: Experience and Power ; Chapter 7: Conclusion ; Bibliography