RT Book
T1 The construction of the supernatural in Euro-American cultures: something nice about vampires
T2 Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation
A1 Saler, Benson
LA English
PP London England
PB Bloomsbury Academic
YR 2021
ED First edition
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/178237194X
AB Benson Saler - An Appreciation -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Social Scientists and the Supernatural -- 2. Nature and Transcendence among the Ancient Greeks -- 3. Some Theological Perspectives -- 4. Something Nice about Vampires -- 5. Dracula and Camilla: Monsters and the Mind -- 6. Towards a Realistic and Relevant...Science of Religion Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
AB "This book describes aspects of the concept of the supernatural from the intellectual history of Euro-American cultures. These samplings shed light on issues in the study of religions and religion rather than attempting to provide either a lineally coherent or exhaustive account of a somewhat fraught and complicated notion. Observations include uses of the term among the ancient Greeks and medieval Christian theologians and 19th- and 20th-century social scientists. This book highlights more recent academics who draw on the cognitive and evolutionary sciences in attempting to make sense of recurrent features of the representations and meta-representations of different cultures. This includes such counter-intuitive notions as 'the mysterious' among the Wayuu of Columbia and Venezuela and 'vampires' in Europe and North America. These observations are concluded in a final essay - 'Toward a Realistic and Relevant Science of Religion' - which presents considered opinions on how we might draw on the cognitive and evolutionary sciences to establish the foundations for a genuinely scientific study of religions and religion. Benson Saler sadly passed away shortly after writing this book. An appreciation of his work, written by Armin W. Geertz, is included in this volume."--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BL100
SN 9781350239524
SN 9781350239517
K1 Supernatural in literature
K1 Supernatural (Theology)
K1 Electronic books
DO 10.5040/9781350239524