The physical nature of Christian life: neuroscience, psychology, and the church
This book explores the implications of recent insights in modern neuroscience for the church's view of spiritual formation. Science suggests that functions of the brain and body in collaboration with social experience, rather than a disembodied soul, provide physical basis for the mental capaci...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2012.
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Theological anthropology
/ Pastoral counseling
/ Neurosciences
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| Further subjects: | B
Theological anthropology ; Christianity
B Neurosciences Religious aspects Christianity B Neurosciences B Psychology and religion B Spiritual formation Psychology B Spiritual Formation B Religion B Psychology, Religious B Christianity Psychology B Theological Anthropology Christianity |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Print version: 9780521515931 |
| Summary: | This book explores the implications of recent insights in modern neuroscience for the church's view of spiritual formation. Science suggests that functions of the brain and body in collaboration with social experience, rather than a disembodied soul, provide physical basis for the mental capacities, interpersonal relations, and religious experiences of human beings. The realization that human beings are wholly physical, but with unique mental, relational and spiritual capacities, challenges traditional views of Christian life as defined by the care of souls, a view that leads to inwardness and individuality. Psychology and neuroscience suggest the importance of developmental openness, attachment, imitation and stories as tools in spiritual formation. Accordingly, the idea that care of embodied persons should be fundamentally social and communal sets new priorities for encouraging spiritual growth and building congregations. Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; Part I. Human Nature as Physical: 2. Christian history and the two-part person; 3. Embodiment of soulishness; Part II. The Formation of Persons: 4. How bodies become persons; 5. How relationships shape us; 6. How we are changed and transformed; Part III. Embodied Christian Life and the Church: 7. Why bodies need churches; 8. Church bodies; 9. The embodied church; 10. Concluding thoughts: the church after dualism |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 1139015133 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139015134 |