Magic Miracles And Religion
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Author |
: Ilkka Pyysiäinen |
Publisher |
: Rowman Altamira |
Total Pages |
: 297 |
Release |
: 2004-06-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780759115569 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0759115567 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Magic, Miracles, and Religion by : Ilkka Pyysiäinen
Can scientists study religion? Ilkka PyysiSinen says that they can. While the study of religion cannot be reduced to other disciplines, it must not ignore what other disciplines have learned about human thought and behavior. In this collection of essays, PyysiSinen shows how findings from cognitive science can offer new directions to debates in religion. After providing a historical and theoretical overview of the cognitive science of religion, PyysiSinen demonstrates how knowledge of the mind's workings can help deconstruct such concepts as 'god,' 'ideology,' 'culture,' 'magic,' 'miracles,' and 'religion.' For scholars of religion or for scholars of the mind-brain, Magic, Miracles, and Religion provides a helpful overview to this emerging field.
Author |
: Ilkka Pyysiäinen |
Publisher |
: Rowman Altamira |
Total Pages |
: 302 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0759106630 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780759106635 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Magic, Miracles, and Religion by : Ilkka Pyysiäinen
Can scientists study religion? Ilkka Pyysiäinen says that they can. While the study of religion cannot be reduced to other disciplines, it must not ignore what other disciplines have learned about human thought and behavior. In this collection of essays, Pyysiäinen shows how findings from cognitive science can offer new directions to debates in religion. After providing a historical and theoretical overview of the cognitive science of religion, Pyysiäinen demonstrates how knowledge of the mind's workings can help deconstruct such concepts as "god," "ideology," "culture," "magic," "miracles," and "religion." For scholars of religion or for scholars of the mind-brain, Magic, Miracles, and Religion provides a helpful overview to this emerging field.
Author |
: Robert Knapp |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2017-08-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674976467 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674976460 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Dawn of Christianity by : Robert Knapp
Ordinary people of antiquity interacted with the supernatural through a mosaic of beliefs and rituals. Exploring everyday life from 200 BCE to the end of the first century CE, Robert Knapp shows that Jews and polytheists lived with the gods in very similar ways. Traditional interactions provided stability even in times of crisis, while changing a relationship risked catastrophe for the individual, his family, and his community. However, people in both traditions did at times leave behind their long-honored rites to try something new. The Dawn of Christianity reveals why some people in Judea and then in the Roman and Greek worlds embraced a new approach to the forces and powers in their daily lives. Knapp traces the emergence of Christianity from its stirrings in the eastern Mediterranean, where Jewish monotheism coexisted with polytheism and prayer mixed with magic. In a time receptive to prophetic messages and supernatural interventions, Jesus of Nazareth convinced people to change their beliefs by showing, through miracles, his direct connection to god-like power. The miracle of the Resurrection solidified Jesus’s supernatural credentials. After his death, followers continued to use miracles and magic to spread Jesus’s message of reward for the righteous in this life and immortality in the next. Many Jews and polytheists strongly opposed the budding movement but despite major setbacks Christianity proved resilient and adaptable. It survived long enough to be saved by a second miracle, the conversion of Emperor Constantine. Hand in hand with empire, Christianity began its long march through history.
Author |
: Helen L. Parish |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 233 |
Release |
: 2016-04-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781136522055 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1136522050 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Monks, Miracles and Magic by : Helen L. Parish
Helen L. Parish presents an innovative new study of Reformation attitudes to medieval Christianity, revealing the process by which the medieval past was rewritten by Reformation propagandists. This fascinating account sheds light on how the myths and legends of the middle ages were reconstructed, reinterpreted, and formed into a historical base for the Protestant church in the sixteenth century. Crossing the often artificial boundary between medieval and modern history, Parish draws upon a valuable selection of writings on the lives of the saints from both periods, and addresses ongoing debates over the relationship between religion and the supernatural in early modern Europe. Setting key case studies in a broad conceptual framework, Monks, Miracles and Magic is essential reading for all those with an interest in the construction of the Protestant church, and its medieval past.
Author |
: Rory Roybal |
Publisher |
: Xulon Press |
Total Pages |
: 256 |
Release |
: 2005-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1597812501 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781597812504 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis Miracles Or Magic? by : Rory Roybal
Author |
: Andrea Pennington |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 242 |
Release |
: 2018-11-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0999257986 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780999257982 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis Magic and Miracles by : Andrea Pennington
Dr. Andrea Pennington presents 21 real life stories of people from various backgrounds and cultures who have found unseen forces supporting, guiding and healing them in their darkest hours. Each story demonstrates that there are mystical forces and supernatural powers that can help us navigate through life.
Author |
: André Kole |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 194 |
Release |
: 1987 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0890815798 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780890815793 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Miracles Or Magic? by : André Kole
Author |
: Howard Clark Kee |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 192 |
Release |
: 1988-11-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521368189 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521368186 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis Medicine, Miracle and Magic in New Testament Times by : Howard Clark Kee
This book illustrates in detail the range of understandings of the human condition in New Testament times and remedies for ills that prevailed when Jesus and the apostles were spreading the Christian message and launching Christian communities in the Graeco-Roman world.
Author |
: Eusèbe Salverte |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 654 |
Release |
: 2019-10-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1704235561 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781704235561 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Occult Sciences by : Eusèbe Salverte
This examination of the connection between the belief in miracles and religious practices in ancient times was originally written by French politician and polymath Anne-Joseph-Eusèbe Baconnière de Salverte (1771-1839) and published in 1829. In 1846, it was translated into English by a Scottish physician and writer, Anthony Todd Thomson (1778-1849), and published in two volumes. Thomson explains that Salverte's work was an important study of miracles and the power of priests, and he had 'performed a beneficial service in throwing open the gates of ancient sanctuaries'. However, Thomson also states that he differed from Salverte over the idea of the miraculous, and that he had expunged or heavily edited any passages relating to Christianity, even changing 'miracles' in the original subtitle to 'apparent miracles'. Volume 1 begins with a consideration of human credulity before discussing magic in the ancient world, and offering explanations for supernatural phenomena. Volume 2 discusses the role of drugs and poison in magic, as well as the influence of weather on miraculous events.This edition is an exact facsimile of the 1847 edition currently held by The National Library of Medicine.
Author |
: Redmond Mullin |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Academic |
Total Pages |
: 299 |
Release |
: 1979 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0264664345 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780264664347 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis Miracles and Magic by : Redmond Mullin