Search Results for: Cognitive Approaches To Ancient Religious Experience

For some time interest has been growing in a dialogue between modern scientific research into human cognition and research in the humanities. This ground-breaki

Explores the religious rituals and beliefs of ancient Greece and Rome, using modern research into human cognition to better understand the experiences of men an

The Roman Mithras Cult: A Cognitive Approach is the first full cognitive history of an ancient religion. In this groundbreaking book on one of the most intrigui

Reconstructs ancient rituals in their day/night/season combining them with relevant mythology and astronomical observations to understand the ritual's cosmologi

The cognitive science of religion that has emerged over the last twenty years is a multidisciplinary field that often challenges established theories in anthrop