Religion and the Body —— Modern Science and the Construction of Religious Meaning

----- 宗教和身体：现代科学和宗教意义的建设

ISBN: 9789004221116 出版年：2012 页码：285 Brill

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 Schuler 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 Nuria M. Farre-i-Barril Sikhism and Mental Illness: Negotiating Competing Cultures Jagbir Jhutti-Johal Bibliography Index