Cognitive Approaches to Ancient Religious Experience by Esther Eidinow Paperback

Description: Cognitive Approaches to Ancient Religious Experience by Esther Eidinow, Armin W. Geertz, John North Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Explores the religious rituals and beliefs of ancient Greece and Rome, using modern research into human cognition to better understand the experiences of men and women. Integrates literary, epigraphic, visual and archaeological evidence. Accessible to those without prior knowledge either of cognitive theory or of the ancient world. Publisher Description For some time interest has been growing in a dialogue between modern scientific research into human cognition and research in the humanities. This ground-breaking volume focuses this dialogue on the religious experience of men and women in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. Each chapter examines a particular historical problem arising from an ancient religious activity and the contributions range across a wide variety of both ancient contexts and sources, exploring and integrating literary, epigraphic, visual and archaeological evidence. In order to avoid a simple polarity between physical aspects (ritual) and mental aspects (belief) of religion, the contributors draw on theories of cognition as embodied, emergent, enactive and extended, accepting the complexity, multimodality and multicausality of human life. Through this interdisciplinary approach, the chapters open up new questions around and develop new insights into the physical, emotional, and cognitive aspects of ancient religions. Author Biography Esther Eidinow is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Bristol. She works on ancient Greek culture, specialising in magic and religion. She is a distinguished fellow of the Religion, Cognition and Culture section of Aarhus University, and a founder of the Journal of Cognitive Historiography. She is currently leading a project funded by the UKs Arts and Humanities Research Council to develop a virtual-reality experience of consultation of the oracle of Zeus at Dodona. Armin W. Geertz is Emeritus Professor in the History of Religions at Aarhus University. He works on the cognitive science of religion, evolutionary theory, and the psychology of religious experiences. He is co-founder/editor of the Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion and Advances in the Cognitive Science of Religion. John North is Emeritus Professor of History at UCL. He has worked on the religious history of Rome and the changing character of religious life in the Roman Empire down to the rise of Christianity. He is a co-author of the two-volume history and sourcebook, Religions of Rome (Cambridge, 1998). Details ISBN 100901160X ISBN-13 9781009011600 Title Cognitive Approaches to Ancient Religious Experience Author Esther Eidinow, Armin W. Geertz, John North Format Paperback Year 2023 Pages 313 Publisher Cambridge University Press GE_Item_ID:157752271; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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