Magic, science, religion
"Magic, Science, Religion explores surprising intersections among the three meaning-making and world-making practices named in the title. Through colorful examples, the book reveals circuitous ways that social, cultural and natural systems connect, enabling real kinds of magic to operate. Among...
| Published in: | Experimental practices |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
2018
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| In: |
Experimental practices (volume 2)
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| Series/Journal: | Experimental practices
volume 2 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Magical thinking
/ Natural sciences
/ Religion
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AZ New religious movements |
| Further subjects: | B
Religion and science
B Science and magic B Magic Religious aspects B Science Social aspects B Magic B Magic Social aspects B Science |
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| Summary: | "Magic, Science, Religion explores surprising intersections among the three meaning-making and world-making practices named in the title. Through colorful examples, the book reveals circuitous ways that social, cultural and natural systems connect, enabling real kinds of magic to operate. Among the many case studies are accounts of how an eighteenth-century actor gave his audience goosebumps; how painters, poets, and pool sharks use nonlinearity in working their magics; how the first vertebrates gained consciousness; how plants fine-tuned human color vision; and the necessarily magical element of activism that builds on the conviction that "another future is possible" while working to push self-fulfilling prophecy into political action"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004357106 |