Enlarging the Interdisciplinary Circle: Joan Koss-Chioino's and Philip Hefner's Approach to Spiritual Transformation and Healing

Abstract. In the current scientific age there exists in academia a certain reservation regarding, even a fear of contact with, controversial issues such as faith healing or shamanism or even spiritual transformation. Although classical medicine, neurobiology, and possibly even social circumstances a...

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主要作者: Reich, K. Helmut (Author)
格式: 電子 Review
語言:English
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出版: Wiley-Blackwell 2007
In: Zygon
Year: 2007, 卷: 42, 發布: 2, Pages: 553-560
Further subjects:B Theology
B Shamanism
B Science and religion
B Psychology
B 宗教
B Anthropology
B Christianity
B Research Methodology
B spiritual transformation
B 書評
B Neuroscience
B Interdisciplinarity
B Healing
B clinical experiences
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總結:Abstract. In the current scientific age there exists in academia a certain reservation regarding, even a fear of contact with, controversial issues such as faith healing or shamanism or even spiritual transformation. Although classical medicine, neurobiology, and possibly even social circumstances and forces are recognized, researching the controversial issues evoked may be frowned upon and even be risky for one's academic career. Fortunately, Joan Koss-Chioino, Philip Hefner, and their colleagues (anthropologists, artists, neuroscientists, physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, theologians, and others) have not shrunk from doing so. The result, reviewed here in some detail, goes beyond what is common knowledge and points the way to further beneficial insights via open-minded interdisciplinary research.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2007.00553.x