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

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Bible world (London, England)
Other Authors: Czachesz, István, 1968- (Editor)
Uro, Risto (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Durham [England] : Acumen, 2013.
Series:Bible world (London, England)
Subjects:
Psychology, Religious.
Psychology and religion.
Physical Description:viii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
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 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.