Religion and the Body

Cave, David [u.a.] [Hrsg.]:
Religion and the Body : Modern Science and the Construction of Religious Meaning / ed. by David Cave; Rebecca Sachs Norris. - Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2012. - 277 S. : Ill. - (Numen book series ; 138)
ISBN 978-90-04-22111-6 (Print-Ausg.)
ISBN 978-90-04-22534-3 (eBook)
EUR 105,00 / US$ 144,00
DDC: 201.66128

Beschreibung
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. [Verlagsinformation]

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David Cave, Ph.D. (1989), Regional Director, University of Michigan, has published widely on the phenomenology and comparative study of religion, including Mircea Eliade's Vision for a New Humanism (1993) and "The Role of the Authoritative in the Comparative Process" (2006). Profile page.
Rebecca Sachs Norris, Ph.D. (1999) in Religious Studies/Anthropology, Boston University, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Merrimack College. Her publications include Toying with God: The World of Religious Games and Dolls (2010) and articles on religion, neuroscience and body. Profile page.

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