Human Interaction with the Divine, the Sacred, and the Deceased (eBook, PDF)

Psychological, Scientific, and Theological Perspectives
Redaktion: Plante, Thomas G.; Schwartz, Gary E.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Human Interaction with the Divine, the Sacred, and the Deceased brings together 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000418002
• Artikelnr.: 62049793

Autorenporträt

Thomas G. Plante is Professor of psychology, and by courtesy, religious studies, at Santa Clara University. He is also Adjunct Clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine, USA. Gary E. Schwartz is Professor of Psychology, Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry, and Surgery at the University of Arizona. He is also Director of the Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health in the Department of Psychology at the University of Arizona, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: The Personal and Storied Experience of Divine and
Departed Communications 1.Marginalizing the Sacred: The Clinical
Contextualization of Sensed Presence Experiences 2.Understanding Lived
Experiences of Encountering the Divine and the Departed 3.Personal
Experiences of Communication with the Departed, the Sacred, and the Divine
- A Self-Science Approach Part II: Theological Considerations 4.Travels
Beyond 5."God saw . . . and God knew . . .": Science, Divine Action, and
Un/answered Prayers 6."My Soul is Not Me": Monistic Anthropologies and
Participatory Prayer 7.Christian Perspectives on Praying for Deliverance
from Demons 8.Islamic Perspectives on Human Interaction with the Divine,
the Sacred, Saints, and the Deceased Part III: Medical, Technological, and
Scientific Considerations 9.Love and Healing 10.Implications of the
Emerging Science of Consciousness for Prayer and Divine Experience
11.Murder, Truth and Justice, and Religion: Altered Carbon and the
Ambiguity of Real Death 12.Ghosts and Gods in the Machine: Human-Machine
Interfaces in Transhuman Philosophy 13.Contemporary Evidence for
Communication with the Departed and the Sacred Part IV: Psychological
Considerations 14.The Process of Believing and Communicating with the
Unseen 15.The Meaning of Beliefs in Communicating with God and the Deceased
for Individuals' Well-being 16.Perceiving Messages from the Divine and
Departed: An Attributional Perspective 17.Ethical Challenges with
Communication with the Divine and the Departed Conclusion