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020 _a9781139015134 (ebook)
020 _z9780521515931 (hardback)
020 _z9780521734219 (paperback)
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_cUkCbUP
_erda
050 0 0 _aBT701.3
_b.B76 2012
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100 1 _aBrown, Warren S.,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Physical Nature of Christian Life :
_bNeuroscience, Psychology, and the Church / [electronic resource]
_cWarren S. Brown, Brad D. Strawn.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2012.
300 _a1 online resource (192 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).
520 _aThis 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.
650 0 _aPsychology and religion
650 0 _aPsychology, Religious
650 0 _aNeurosciences
650 0 _aReligion
700 1 _aStrawn, Brad D.,
_eauthor.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521515931
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139015134
_zCambridge Books Online
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_d236653