Paulus og neurobiologien

Resumé This review discussion of Colleen Shantz, Paul in Ecstasy etc. describes the main argument of the book, criticizes various details of its argumentation and concludes with a general assessment, which basically applauds the focus on ‘religious experience’ and the attempt to bring in both contem...

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Published in:Dansk teologisk tidsskrift
Main Author: Engberg-Pedersen, Troels 1948- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:Danish
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Published: Anis 2011
In: Dansk teologisk tidsskrift
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Paul Apostle / Religious experience / Ecstasy / Neuropsychology
B Social anthropology / Transmigration of souls / Mysticism
RelBib Classification:AE Psychology of religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
HC New Testament
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Ecstasy
B Spirit Possession
B soul journey
B Paul Apostle
B Mysticism
B Shamanism
B Mediumship
B Trance
B Anthropology
B Paul
B Social Anthropology
B Neuroscience
B Religious Experience
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Summary:Resumé This review discussion of Colleen Shantz, Paul in Ecstasy etc. describes the main argument of the book, criticizes various details of its argumentation and concludes with a general assessment, which basically applauds the focus on ‘religious experience’ and the attempt to bring in both contemporary neuroscience and social anthropology to elucidate Paul and Pauline Christianity, but also queries whether these modern disciplines are at present sufficiently precise for it to be possible to draw any firm conclusions regarding the historical material.
ISSN:0105-3191
Contains:In: Dansk teologisk tidsskrift