Religion and the Body: modern science and the construction of religious meaning
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Reading the Body, Reading Scripture: The Implications of Neurobiology on the Study and Interpretation of Scripture /David Cave -- De/Constructing Transcendence: The Emergence of Religious Bodies /James W. Haag and Whitney A. Bauman -- Tongues of Men and Angels...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Leiden
BRILL
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Reviews: | Religion and the Body: Modern Science and the Construction of Religious Meaning edited by David Cave and Rebecca Sachs Norris (eds.), Brill 2012 (ISBN 978-90-04-22111-6), viii + 277 pp., hb 144 (2014) (O'Reilly, Matthew P.)
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| Series/Journal: | Numen book series
138 |
| Further subjects: | B
Religion and science
B Neurobiology B BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Gaia & Earth Energies B Neurosciences Religious aspects B Religion B RELIGION / Generals / Christianity |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Cave, David: Religion and the Body : Modern Science and the Construction of Religious Meaning. - Leiden : BRILL, c2012. - 9789004221116 |
| Summary: | Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Reading the Body, Reading Scripture: The Implications of Neurobiology on the Study and Interpretation of Scripture /David Cave -- De/Constructing Transcendence: The Emergence of Religious Bodies /James W. Haag and Whitney A. Bauman -- Tongues of Men and Angels: Assessing the Neural Correlates of Glossolalia /John J. McGraw -- Synchronized Ritual Behavior: Religion, Cognition and the Dynamics of Embodiment /Sebastian Schüler -- Religion, Neuroscience and Emotion: Some Implications of Consumerism and Entertainment Culture /Rebecca Sachs Norris -- Every Story is a Ghost: Chuck Palahniuk and the Reenchantment of Suffering /Eric Repphun -- Attaining Transcendence: Transhumanism, the Body, and the Abrahamic Religions /Arthur Saniotis -- Magnetism and Microwaves: Religion as Radiation /Deana L. Weibel -- Scientific Approaches to the Body in the Spiritual-Physical Marketplace /Mira Karjalainen -- Sleep Deprivation: Asceticism, Religious Experience and Neurological Quandaries /Núria M. Farré-i-Barril -- Sikhism and Mental Illness: Negotiating Competing Cultures /Jagbir Jhutti-Johal -- Bibliography -- Index. This book reflects on the implications of neurobiology and the scientific worldview on aspects of religious experience, belief, and practice. Just as interest in the neurosciences and related fields has burgeoned in contemporary society, interest in the fields of neuroscience and cognitive studies is also growing within the religious studies academy, and reflection on these shifts is well overdue. How do religious practitioners negotiate the interconnection of science and religion? What can the neurosciences add to scholars’ understanding of religion and to how humans construct religious meaning? Chapters address these questions by investigating religious experience and authority, the cultural construction and deconstruction of the body, and cross-cultural appropriations of the body |
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| ISBN: | 900422534X |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004225343 |