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The new sciences of religion = exploring spirituality from the outside in and bottom up /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The new sciences of religion/ William Grassie.
Reminder of title:	exploring spirituality from the outside in and bottom up /
Author:	Grassie, William,
Published:	New York :Palgrave Macmillan, : 2010.,
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 272 p.) :ill. :
Subject:	Religion - Study and teaching. -
Online resource:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
ISBN:	9780230114746 (electronic bk.)

The new sciences of religion = exploring spirituality from the outside in and bottom up /
Grassie, William,1957-

The new sciences of religionexploring spirituality from the outside in and bottom up /[electronic resource] :William Grassie. - 1st ed. - New York :Palgrave Macmillan,2010. - 1 online resource (xii, 272 p.) :ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The challenge of comparative religion -- The old sciences of religion -- The economics of religion -- The evolution of religion -- The neurosciences of religion -- The medicine of religion -- The narratives of religion -- The new religion of science -- God-by-whatever-name -- Reiterations and reflections.

The New Sciences of Religion is a critical analysis of new scientific research on religious and spiritual phenomena. William Grassie takes a two-staged phenomenological approach working from the "outside in" and the "bottom up" without privileging at the outset any religious traditions or philosophical assumptions. Using insights from economics, evolutionary psychology, the neurosciences, and medicine, Grassie develops a complex and multifaceted understanding of religion as potentially functional and dysfunctional in specific contexts, differentially so for individuals and groups. The New Sciences of Religion then asks what in religion and spirituality might also be true and profound when our received traditions are reinterpreted in light of contemporary sciences. In contrast to the New Atheists, Grassie argues for a concept of God-by-whatever-name that is fully compatible with contemporary science and the reinterpretation of traditional religions. In the end, there is no grand unified theory of religion and none of the many scientific explanations of religion preclude that religions have intuited, experienced, and discovered true and profound insights into the nature of ultimate reality and human existence. This is an original and compelling scientific interpretation of religion and also a religious interpretation of science that will challenge and delight students and scholars alike.

ISBN: 9780230114746 (electronic bk.)

Source: 505524Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

213628
Religion
--Study and teaching.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

96803
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BL41 / .G72 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 201/.6

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