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The New Sciences of Religion

Exploring Spirituality from the Outside In and Bottom Up [Paperback]

by W. Grassie

    • Author

      W. Grassie

    • Book Format

      Paperback / softback

    • Publisher

      Palgrave Macmillan

    • Published

      January 2011

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      The New Sciences of Religion

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      The New Sciences of Religion is a critical analysis of new scientific research on religious and spiritual phenomena. William Grassie takes a two-staged phenomenological approach working from the "outside in" and the "bottom up" without privileging at the outset any religious traditions or philosophical assumptions. Using insights from economics, evolutionary psychology, the neurosciences, and medicine, Grassie develops a complex and multifaceted understanding of religion as potentially functional and dysfunctional in specific contexts, differentially so for individuals and groups. The New Sciences of Religion then asks what in religion and spirituality might also be true and profound when our received traditions are reinterpreted in light of contemporary sciences. In contrast to the New Atheists, Grassie argues for a concept of God-by-whatever-name that is fully compatible with contemporary science and the reinterpretation of traditional religions.In the end, there is no grand unified theory of religion and none of the many scientific explanations of religion preclude that religions have intuited, experienced, and discovered true and profound insights into the nature of ultimate reality and human existence. This is an original and compelling scientific interpretation of religion and also a religious interpretation of science that will challenge and delight students and scholars alike.

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      • Author

        W. Grassie

      • Book Format

        Paperback / softback

      • Publisher

        Palgrave Macmillan

      • Published

        January 2011

      • Weight

        386g

      • Page Count

        284

      • Dimensions

        153 x 229 x 16 mm

      • ISBN

        9780230108776

      • ISBN-10

        0230108776

      • Eden Code

        3700225

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      • Author/Creator: W. Grassie

      • ISBN: 9780230108776

      • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

      • Release Date: January 2011

      • Weight: 386g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 16 mm

      • Eden Code: 3700225


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