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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521734215

ISBN-139780521734219

eBay Product ID (ePID)112984292

Product Key Features

Number of Pages192 Pages

Publication NamePhysical Nature of Christian Life : Neuroscience, Psychology, and the Church

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2012

SubjectLife Sciences / Neuroscience, Christian Life / Spiritual Growth, General, Psychology of Religion

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaReligion, Science

AuthorWarren S. Brown, Brad D. Strawn

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight9.5 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width5.9 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2012-002650

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal233/.5

Table Of Content1. Introduction; Part I. Human Nature as Physical: 2. Christian history and the two-part person; 3. Embodiment of soulishness; Part II. The Formation of Persons: 4. How bodies become persons; 5. How relationships shape us; 6. How we are changed and transformed; Part III. Embodied Christian Life and the Church: 7. Why bodies need churches; 8. Church bodies; 9. The embodied church; 10. Concluding thoughts: the church after dualism.

SynopsisThis book explores the implications of recent insights in modern neuroscience for the church's view of spiritual formation. Science suggests that functions of the brain and body in collaboration with social experience, rather than a disembodied soul, provide physical basis for the mental capacities, interpersonal relations, and religious experiences of human beings. The realization that human beings are wholly physical, but with unique mental, relational and spiritual capacities, challenges traditional views of Christian life as defined by the care of souls, a view that leads to inwardness and individuality. Psychology and neuroscience suggest the importance of developmental openness, attachment, imitation and stories as tools in spiritual formation. Accordingly, the idea that care of embodied persons should be fundamentally social and communal sets new priorities for encouraging spiritual growth and building congregations., This book explores the implications of recent insights in modern neuroscience for the church's view of spiritual formation. Science suggests that functions of the brain and body in collaboration with social experience, rather than a disembodied soul, provide physical basis for the mental capacities, interpersonal relations, and religious experiences of human beings. The realization that human beings are wholly physical, but with unique mental, relational, and spiritual capacities, challenges traditional views of Christian life as defined by the care of souls, a view that leads to inwardness and individuality. Psychology and neuroscience suggest the importance of developmental openness, attachment, imitation, and stories as tools in spiritual formation. Accordingly, the idea that care of embodied persons should be fundamentally social and communal sets new priorities for encouraging spiritual growth and building congregations., This book explores the implications of recent insights in modern neuroscience that attribute mental capacities often ascribed to a soul to physical brain function alone. It explores how this insight changes the traditional 'care of souls', encouraging more attention to fostering spiritual growth through a social and communal focus.

LC Classification NumberBR110