Religion and the Body : modern science and the construction of religious meaning /

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 i...

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Main Author: Cave, David.

Other Authors: Norris, Rebecca Sachs.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : BRILL, 2012.

Series: Numen Book Series 138.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

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Call Number: BL255 .C38 2012

Table of Contents:
  • 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.