Mind, morality and magic : cognitive science approaches in biblical studies / edited by István Czachesz and Risto Uro.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Czachesz, István, editor.

Uro, Risto, editor.

Class of 1953 Fund.

Series:

Bible world (London, England)

BibleWorld

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology, Religious.

Psychology and religion.

Physical Description:

viii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Durham [England] : Acumen, 2013.

Contents:

The cognitive science of religion : a new alternative in biblical studies / István Czachesz and Risto Uro

Past minds : evolution, cognition, and biblical studies / Luther H. Martin

How religions remember : memory theories in biblical studies and in the cognitive study of religion / Petri Luomanen

Rethinking biblical transmission : insights from the cognitive neuroscience of memory / István Czachesz

The interface of ritual and writing in the transmission of early Christian traditions / Risto Uro

Computer modeling of cognitive processes in biblical studies : the primacy of urban Christianity as a test case / István Czachesz and Anders Lisdorf

"I was El Shaddai, but now I'm Yahweh" : God names and the informational dynamics of biblical texts / Gabriel Levy

Is Judaism boring? : on the lack of counterintuitive agents in Jewish rituals / Tamás Biró

Ritual system in the Qumran movement : frequency, boredom, and balance / Jutta Jokiranta

A cognitive perspective on magic in the New Testament / István Czachesz

From corpse impurity to relic veneration : new light from cognitive and psychological studies / Risto Uro

Why do religious cultures evolve so slowly? : the cultural evolution of cooperative calling and the historical study of religions / Joseph Bulbulia, Quentin Atkinson, Russell Gray, and Simon Greenhill

Empathy and ethics : bodily emotion as a basis for moral admonition / Thomas Kazen

A socio-cognitive perspective on identity and behavioral norms in Ephesians / Rikard Roitto

Emotion, cognition, and social change : a consideration of Galatians 3:28 / Colleen Shantz.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-304) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

Other Format:

Electronic version

ISBN:

9781844657339

1844657337

OCLC:

827261818

Publisher Number:

99955518942