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

status system 176
stress,seememory, and stress; ritual, and
stress
superstitious conditioning 41, 125– 8
sweat ceremony 112
synapse,seeneuron, synapse
synaptic cleft,seeneuron, synaptic cleft
synchrony 19, 104–6, 154, 178
syntax,seeWernicke’s aphasia

tedium effect 19, 154
teleological reasoning 18, 32, 34
temporal lobe 57, 148, 150, 158, 160– 2
Tertullian 127
Apology 127
thematic roles 114– 15
Theodosius (emperor) 209
theological incorrectness 136
theory of interpretation 2–3, 90, 210– 11
Theory of Mind (psychological system) 32–4,
58, 60, 168– 71

simulation theory 168– 71

theory theory 168

Thessalonians (First Epistle to) 96,

184, 209

Thutmose III 72

Titus (Epistle to) 182

Tobit (Book of ) 170, 184

tours of heaven 155–8, 163–5, 214

trolley problem 166– 7

visual cortex (primary) 56–7, 162

visual pathways (in the brain) 54, 56

von Neumann, John 99

weak ties (social) 177, 189– 91

Weber, Max 107, 123

wedding (Christian) 116n

Wernicke’s aphasia 57

women 7, 38–9, 60–1, 97, 101, 139,

181 – 2, 190

wonder,seeawe

264 General Index