Religion and the Body
Modern Science and the Construction of Religious Meaning
Biographical note
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).
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.
Contributors include: Whitney Bauman, David Cave, Núria Farré-Barril, James Haag, Jagbir Jhutti-Johal, Mira Karjalainen, John McGraw, Rebecca Sachs Norris, Eric Repphun, Arthur Saniotis, Sebastian Schüler, and Deana Weibel.
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.
Contributors include: Whitney Bauman, David Cave, Núria Farré-Barril, James Haag, Jagbir Jhutti-Johal, Mira Karjalainen, John McGraw, Rebecca Sachs Norris, Eric Repphun, Arthur Saniotis, Sebastian Schüler, and Deana Weibel.
Readership
All those interested in neurobiology and religion, contemporary culture and religion, theology and embodiment, anthropology, sociology, and psychology of religion, including scholars, students, educated laymen, academic and public libraries.
Table of contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
SECTION one: NEUROBIOLOGY AND SOURCES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE AND AUTHORITY
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
SECTION two: CULTURE AND THE DE- AND RE-CONSTRUCTION OF THE BODY
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
SECTION three: (CROSS) CULTURAL APPROPRIATIONS OF THE BODY
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
Introduction
SECTION one: NEUROBIOLOGY AND SOURCES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE AND AUTHORITY
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
SECTION two: CULTURE AND THE DE- AND RE-CONSTRUCTION OF THE BODY
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
SECTION three: (CROSS) CULTURAL APPROPRIATIONS OF THE BODY
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
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