UID:
almahu_9949385181602882
Format:
1 online resource
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illustrations (black and white).
ISBN:
1000418006
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9781003105749
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1003105742
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9781000418002
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9781000418026
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1000418022
Series Statement:
Routledge research in psychology
Content:
Human Interaction with the Divine, the Sacred, and the Deceased brings together cutting-edge empirical and theoretical contributions from scholars in fields including psychology, theology, ethics, neuroscience, medicine, and philosophy, to examine how and why humans engage in, or even seek spiritual experiences and connection with the immaterial world. In this richly interdisciplinary volume, Plante and Schwartz recognize human interaction with the divine and departed as a cross-cultural and historical universal that continues to concern diverse disciplines. Accounting for variances in belief and human perception and use, the book is divided into four major sections: personal experience; theological consideration; medical, technological, and scientific considerations; and psychological considerations with chapters addressing phenomena including prayer, reincarnation, sensed presence, and divine revelations. Featuring scholars specializing in theology, psychology, medicine, neuroscience, and ethics, this book provides a thoughtful, compelling, evidence-based, and contemporary approach to gain a grounded perspective on current understandings of human interaction with the divine, the sacred, and the deceased. Of interest to believers, questioners, and unbelievers alike, this volume will be key reading for researchers, scholars, and academics engaged in the fields of religion and psychology, social psychology, behavioral neuroscience, and health psychology. Readers with a broader interest in spiritualism, religious and non-religious movements will also find the text of interest.
Note:
〈P〉Introduction〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Thomas G. Plante and Gary E. Schwartz〈/P〉〈/I〉〈B〉〈P〉Part I: The Personal and Storied Experience of Divine and Departed Communications〈/P〉〈/B〉〈P〉1: Marginalizing the Sacred: The Clinical Contextualization of Sensed Presence 〈/P〉〈P〉Experiences〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Patricia Pearson〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉2: Understanding Lived Experiences of Encountering the Divine and the Departed 〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉T. Anne Richards〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉3: Personal Experiences of Communication with the Departed, the Sacred, and the 〈/P〉〈P〉Divine -- A Self-Science Approach〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Gary E. Schwartz〈/P〉〈/I〉〈B〉〈P〉Part II: Theological Considerations〈/P〉〈/B〉〈P〉4: Travels Beyond 〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Catherine Wolff〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉5: "God saw . . . and God knew . . .": Science, Divine Action, and Un/answered 〈/P〉〈P〉Prayers 〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Paul J. Schutz〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉6: "My Soul is Not Me": Monistic Anthropologies and Participatory Prayer〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Amanda Alexander〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉7: Christian Perspectives on Praying for Deliverance from Demons〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Candy Gunther Brown〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉8: Islamic Perspectives on Human Interaction with the Divine, the Sacred, Saints, and the 〈/P〉〈P〉Deceased. 〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Hasan Awan and Carrie York Al-Karam〈/P〉〈/I〉〈B〉〈P〉Part III: Medical, Technological, and Scientific Considerations〈/P〉〈/B〉〈P〉9: Love and Healing〈/P〉〈P〉〈I〉Larry Dossey〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉10: Implications of the Emerging Science of Consciousness for Prayer and Divine 〈/P〉〈P〉Experience〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Eben Alexander〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉11: Murder, Truth and Justice, and Religion: 〈I〉Altered Carbon〈/I〉 and the Ambiguity of 〈/P〉〈P〉Real Death〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Braden Molhoek 〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉12: Ghosts and Gods in the Machine: Human-Machine Interfaces in Transhuman 〈/P〉〈P〉Philosophy〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Levi Checketts 〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉13: Contemporary Evidence for Communication with the Departed and the Sacred〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Gary E. Schwartz 〈/P〉〈/I〉〈B〉〈P〉Part IV: Psychological Considerations〈/P〉〈/B〉〈P〉14: The Process of Believing and Communicating with the Unseen〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Raymond F. Paloutzian, Rüdiger J. Seitz, and Hans-Ferdinand Angel〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉15: The Meaning of Beliefs in Communicating with God and the Deceased for Individuals' Well-being〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Crystal L. Park〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉〈/P〉〈P〉16: Perceiving Messages from the Divine and Departed: An Attributional 〈/P〉〈P〉Perspective 〈/P〉〈P〉〈I〉Julie J. Exline and Kathleen C. Pait〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉17: Ethical Challenges with Communication with the Divine and the Departed〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Thomas G. Plante〈/P〉〈/I〉〈P〉Conclusions〈/P〉〈I〉〈P〉Thomas G. Plante and Gary E. Schwartz〈/P〉〈P〉〈/I〉〈BR〉 〈/P〉
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780367616205
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9781003105749
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003105749
