Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture: Image and Word in the Mind of Narrative
'Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture' brings together some of the world's leading scholars in the fields of cognitive science and comparative religion. The essays range across diverse fields: the neurological processes and possible genetic foundations of how language emerged; the possible phylogenetic routes in the development of language and culture; the complex interrelations between the ontogenesis and the sociogenesis of cognitive processes; the value of a combination of neurology, narratology and a reworked speech-act approach that focuses on narrative; how the psychology of ritual helps make narrative beliefs possible; religious narratives; emotional communication; the role of gossip as religious narrative; area studies of religious narrative and cognition in the Bible; Indian Epic literature; Australian Aboriginal mythology and ritual; modern religious forms such as New Age, Asatro, astrological narrative and virtual rituals in cyberspace.
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Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture: Image and Word in the Mind of Narrative
'Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture' brings together some of the world's leading scholars in the fields of cognitive science and comparative religion. The essays range across diverse fields: the neurological processes and possible genetic foundations of how language emerged; the possible phylogenetic routes in the development of language and culture; the complex interrelations between the ontogenesis and the sociogenesis of cognitive processes; the value of a combination of neurology, narratology and a reworked speech-act approach that focuses on narrative; how the psychology of ritual helps make narrative beliefs possible; religious narratives; emotional communication; the role of gossip as religious narrative; area studies of religious narrative and cognition in the Bible; Indian Epic literature; Australian Aboriginal mythology and ritual; modern religious forms such as New Age, Asatro, astrological narrative and virtual rituals in cyberspace.
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Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture: Image and Word in the Mind of Narrative

Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture: Image and Word in the Mind of Narrative

Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture: Image and Word in the Mind of Narrative

Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture: Image and Word in the Mind of Narrative

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'Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture' brings together some of the world's leading scholars in the fields of cognitive science and comparative religion. The essays range across diverse fields: the neurological processes and possible genetic foundations of how language emerged; the possible phylogenetic routes in the development of language and culture; the complex interrelations between the ontogenesis and the sociogenesis of cognitive processes; the value of a combination of neurology, narratology and a reworked speech-act approach that focuses on narrative; how the psychology of ritual helps make narrative beliefs possible; religious narratives; emotional communication; the role of gossip as religious narrative; area studies of religious narrative and cognition in the Bible; Indian Epic literature; Australian Aboriginal mythology and ritual; modern religious forms such as New Age, Asatro, astrological narrative and virtual rituals in cyberspace.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781845532949
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 05/01/2011
Series: Religion, Cognition and Culture
Pages: 352
Product dimensions: 6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Armin W. Geertz, Jeppe Sinding Jensen

Table of Contents

Armin W. Geertz & Jeppe Sinding Jensen: Introduction Theoretical Perspectives Chapter 1. Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture: Approaches and Definitions
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