TY - BOOK ID - 61302717 TI - Religion and the body : modern science and the construction of religious meaning AU - Cave, David AU - Cave, David. AU - Norris, Rebecca Sachs. PY - 2012 SN - 1280496452 9786613591685 900422534X 9004221115 PB - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Neurosciences KW - Religion and science. KW - Neurobiology. KW - Religion. KW - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Gaia & Earth Energies. KW - RELIGION / Christianity / General. KW - Religious aspects. KW - Religion, Primitive KW - Atheism KW - God KW - Irreligion KW - Religions KW - Theology KW - Christianity and science KW - Geology KW - Geology and religion KW - Science KW - Science and religion KW - Religious aspects KW - Religion & science UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:61302717 AB - 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. ER -