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Record Nr.

UNINA9910404071803321

Autore

Cave David

Titolo

Religion and the body : modern science and the construction of religious meaning / / edited by David Cave, Rebecca Sachs Norris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012

ISBN

9786613591685

9781280496455

1280496452

9789004225343

900422534X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

Numen book series, , 0169-8834 ; ; v. 138

Altri autori (Persone)

CaveDavid

NorrisRebecca Sachs

Disciplina

201/.66128

Soggetti

Neurosciences - Religious aspects

Neurobiology

Religion and science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Neurobiology and sources of religious experience and authority -- section 2. Culture and the de- and re-construction of the body -- section 3. (Cross) cultural appropriations of the body.

Sommario/riassunto

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.