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The essence of religion was once widely thought to be a unique form of experience that could not be explained in neurological, phychological, or sociological terms. In recent decades scholars have questioned the privileging of the idea of religious experience in the study of religion, an approach that effectively isolated the study of religion from the social and natural sciences. Religious Experience Reconsidered lays out a framework for research into religious phenomena that reclaims experience as a central concept while bridging the divide between religious studies and the sciences.Ann Taves shifts the focus from "religious experience," conceived as a fixed and stable thing, to an examination of the processes by which people attribute the meaning to their experiences. She proposes a new approach that unites the study of religion with fields as diverse as neuroscience, anthropology, sociology, and psychology to better understand how these processes are incorporated into the broader cultural formations we think of as religious or spiritual. Taves addresses a series of key questions: how can we set up studies without obscuring contestations over meaning and value? What is the relationship between experience and consciousness? How can research into consciousness help us access and interpret the experiences of others? Why do people individually or collectively explain their experiences in religious terms? How can we set up studies that allow us to compare experiences across time and cultures?
Religious Experience Reconsidered demonstrates how methods from the sciences can be combined with those from the humanities to advance a naturalistic understanding of the experiences that people deem religious. The book is published by Princeton University Press.
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Probably written for the experts, can't tell.
Unless you are writing a thesis on religion don't bother with this title. It begins drowning you in several meters of jargon and unless you have a thesaurus as a nearby life raft and an excessive amount of time for minutia don't this title isn't worth reading.
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- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
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In this groundbreaking new book, researchers Andrew Newberg and Eugene d'Aquili offer an explanation that is at once profoundly simple and scientifically precise: The religious impulse is rooted in the biology of the brain. In Why God Won't Go Away, Newberg and d'Aquili document their pioneering explorations in the field of neurotheology, an emerging discipline dedicated to understanding the complex relationship between spirituality and the brain.
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My opinion
- By David Berry on 09-06-18
By: Andrew Newberg, and others
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Synchronicity
- Nature and Psyche in an Interconnected Universe: Carolyn and Ernest Fay Series in Analytical Psychology
- By: Dr. Joseph Cambray PhD
- Narrated by: Thomas M. Perkins
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
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In 1952 C. G. Jung published a paradoxical hypothesis on synchronicity that marked an attempt to expand the western world's conception of the relationship between nature and the psyche. Jung's hypothesis sought to break down the polarizing cause-effect assessment of the world and psyche, suggesting that everything is interconnected. Thus, synchronicity is both "a meaningful event" and "an acausal connecting principle."
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At a loss for words
- By Angela on 03-20-15
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Being Different
- An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism
- By: Rajiv Malhotra
- Narrated by: Kanchan Bhattacharyya
- Length: 17 hrs and 31 mins
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In Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism, thinker and philosopher Rajiv Malhotra addresses the challenge of a direct and honest engagement on differences by reversing the gaze, repositioning India from being the observed to the observer and looking at the West from the dharmic point of view. In doing so, he challenges many hitherto unexamined beliefs that both sides hold about themselves and each other.
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A very profound read!
- By Sambeet M. on 09-13-18
By: Rajiv Malhotra
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The Universe in a Single Atom
- The Convergence of Science and Spirituality
- By: His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- Narrated by: Richard Gere
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
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After 40 years of study with some of the greatest scientific minds as well as a lifetime of meditative, spiritual, and philosophical study, the Dalai Lama presents a brilliant analysis of why both disciplines must be pursued in order to arrive at a complete picture of the truth. Science shows us ways of interpreting the physical world, while spirituality helps us cope with reality. But the extreme of either is impoverishing.
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This book is right on the mark
- By Theresa on 09-24-05
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Critical Thinking
- Skepticism, Moralism, Objectivity, and More
- By: Melissa Robertos
- Narrated by: Jada Antoine
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
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What is cognitive relativism? How does one use objectivity effectively? How can we analyze ourselves and time? These and a myriad of other questions related to the topic of critical thinking will be answered in this guide. You will be able to understand yourself and your thought processes better, as well as step away from subjective reasoning more often. If more people would take a closer look at these kinds of qualities, a lot of problems in society would be solved. Be unique in that sense and give this a go.
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Skeptical thinking
- By Timothy on 04-20-20
By: Melissa Robertos
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Your Symphony of Selves
- Discover and Understand More of Who We Are
- By: James Fadiman PhD, Jordan Gruber
- Narrated by: Andy Rick
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
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Offering groundbreaking insight into the dynamic nature of personality, James Fadiman and Jordan Gruber show that each of us is comprised of distinct, autonomous, and inherently valuable “selves". They also show that honoring each of these selves is a key to improved ways of living, loving, and working. Explaining that it is normal to have multiple selves, the authors offer insights into why we all are inconsistent at times, allowing us to become more accepting of the different parts of who we and other people are.
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I wanted, I tried to love it.
- By Amazon Customer on 03-11-22
By: James Fadiman PhD, and others
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The Marriage of Sense and Soul
- Integrating Science and Religion
- By: Ken Wilber
- Narrated by: Denis deBoisblanc
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
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Science and religion have always been considered mutually exclusive concepts, but are they really? Philosopher Ken Wilber shows how we might begin to think about science and religion in ways that allow for their reconciliation, on terms acceptable to both camps.
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Toward Integrity in Science and Religion
- By Paul Patterson on 07-18-03
By: Ken Wilber
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Jung's Map of the Soul
- An Introduction
- By: Murray Stein
- Narrated by: Larry Earnhart
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
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More than a mere overview, the book offers listeners a strong grounding in the basic principles of Jung's analytical psychology in addition to illuminating insights.
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punishing narration
- By mike on 03-13-17
By: Murray Stein
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The Master and His Emissary
- The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
- By: Iain McGilchrist
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 27 hrs and 15 mins
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This pioneering account sets out to understand the structure of the human brain - the place where mind meets matter. Until recently, the left hemisphere of our brain has been seen as the "rational" side, the superior partner to the right. But is this distinction true? Drawing on a vast body of experimental research, Iain McGilchrist argues while our left brain makes for a wonderful servant, it is a very poor master.
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The Master and His Emissary
- By Michael on 11-07-20
By: Iain McGilchrist
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The Cosmic Game
- Explorations of the Frontiers of Human Consciousness
- By: Stanislav Grof
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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The Cosmic Game discusses the broadest philosophical, metaphysical, and spiritual insights gleaned in Grof's research concerning human nature and reality, addressing the most fundamental questions human beings have asked about the nature of existence since time immemorial. Insights from research into unordinary states of consciousness portray existence as an astonishing play of the cosmic creative principle that transcends time, space, linear causality, and polarities of every kind and suggest an identity of the individual psyche.
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Warning: Narrator cannot pronounce ANYTHING
- By F. Presson on 03-06-22
By: Stanislav Grof
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Jungian Psychoanalysis: Working in the Spirit of Carl Jung
- By: Murray Stein editor
- Narrated by: Cynthia Wallace
- Length: 19 hrs and 52 mins
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Written by 40 of the most notable Jungian psychoanalysts - spanning 11 countries, and boasting decades of study and expertise - Jungian Psychoanalysis represents the pinnacle of Jungian thought. This handbook brings up to date the perspectives in the field of clinically applied analytical psychology, centering on five areas of interest: the fundamental goals of Jungian psychoanalysis, the methods of treatment used in pursuit of these goals, reflections on the analytic process, the training of future analysts, and much more.
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Not for the faint of heart.
- By David on 08-16-18
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Hidden Dimensions
- The Unification of Physics and Consciousness
- By: B. Alan Wallace
- Narrated by: Stow Lovejoy
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
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Bridging the gap between the world of science and the realm of the spiritual, Wallace, a pioneer of modern consciousness research, offers a practical and revolutionary method for exploring the mind that combines the keenest insights of contemporary physics and philosophers with the time-honored meditative traditions of Buddhism.
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Great companion piece to Anathem by Stephenson
- By Kal on 02-20-09
By: B. Alan Wallace