Cognitive Science and the New Testament A New Approach to Early Christian Research

assumptions about the universal nature of human brain anatomy. While it is reasonable to assume that human brains have been very ...

system: for example, that one has seen God, experienced dissolution of the self, or been at one with the universe. Livingston al ...

utterances, and ecstatic bodily experiences.”This study found decreased activity in the prefrontal cortex, suggesting the lack o ...

by a religious elite, but the efforts and investment required on the part of the practitioner might not be substantial. In such ...

found in 1 Corinthians 12–14, especially in chapter 14. Although arguments from silence are not necessarily decisive, the lack o ...

improperly. However, connecting all differences within the community tightly to an assumed socioeconomic dichotomy might be misl ...

that, in Paul’s opinion, the congregation in fact attached too much importance to this practice. In a great part of his treatmen ...

concepts rather than in terms of semantic and episodic memories. It seems that the theological ideas of the Corinthians focused ...

tours of heaven on a purely theoretical level, I suggest that we place these accounts into the context of related, cross-cultura ...

(Hoppál, 1987; Walsh, 1989). In contemporary popular culture, examples of ascension experiences include UFO abductions and near- ...

is turning to neuroscientific evidence on kinds of experiences that can be considered relevant for understanding one or another ...

of being dead has been associated with the co-calledCotard syndrome,a condition in which patients after trauma, in advanced stag ...

in this section make it clear that there is no shortage of neurological causes that account for virtually all details that occur ...

Kalat, 2016, p. 85), and the functioning of many of its structures is modulated by serotonin (Puig & Gulledge, 2011). Dopami ...

short time period preceding the regaining of consciousness (Jacobs, 2009; Marsh, 2010, p. 72; Alexander, 2012; Davis et al., 201 ...

expectations in subjective experience. Existing memories and cognitive sche- mata will influence the emerging experience as well ...

(9.1:“alien”in the Ethiopic,“living inflesh”in the Old Slavonic). In the seventh heaven, Isaiah meets the saints andfinally the ...

or the use of entheogens. Yet these experiences are not unrelated to the resonant or volitional styles: exceptional experiences ...

8. Morality When thinking about the foundations of morality, biblical scholars usually inquire about moral principles formulated ...

1985). Is it justified to throw a switch so that a trolley kills one person instead of many? Is it justified to push someone fro ...