How God Becomes Real : Kindling the Presence of Invisible Others /

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The hard work required to make god real, how it changes the people who do it, and why it helps explain the enduring power of faithHow do gods and spirits come to feel vividly real to people-as if they were standing right next to them? Humans tend to see supernatural agents everywhere, as the cogniti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Luhrmann, T.M (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Faith.
RELIGION / Spirituality.
Good Parsi.
Of Two Minds.
Our Most Troubling Madness.
Persuasion of the Witch's Craft.
anthropology of mind.
anthropology of religion.
ethnography.
feeling the presence of god.
how prayer works.
psychological anthropologist.
psychological anthropology.
psychology of prayer.
psychology of religious experience.
psychology of seeing god.
understanding religious experience.
understanding religious practice.
what happens to religious worshippers.
why prayer works.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • 1 The Faith Frame
  • 2 Making Paracosms
  • 3 Talent and Training
  • 4 How the Mind Matters
  • 5 Evidence for the Way Gods and Spirits Respond
  • 6 Why Prayer Works
  • 7 A God Who Responds
  • Acknowledgments
  • General Notes on Methods
  • Bibliographic Essays and Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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