{"product_id":"cognitive-approaches-to-ancient-religious-experience-paperback-softback-9781009011600","title":"Cognitive Approaches to Ancient Religious Experience (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009011600","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCognitive Approaches to Ancient Religious Experience\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExplores the religious rituals and beliefs of ancient Greece and Rome, using modern research into human cognition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEsther Eidinow (Edited by), Armin W. Geertz (Edited by), John North (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009011600, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 21 December 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e314 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.456 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… this volume makes important and interesting reading for all who are interested in learning more about ancient religious experience and rituals, and I personally greatly appreciated it …' Anne L. C. Runehov, Reviews in Science, Religion and Theology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFor some time interest has been growing in a dialogue between modern scientific research into human cognition and research in the humanities. This ground-breaking volume focuses this dialogue on the religious experience of men and women in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. Each chapter examines a particular historical problem arising from an ancient religious activity and the contributions range across a wide variety of both ancient contexts and sources, exploring and integrating literary, epigraphic, visual and archaeological evidence.  In order to avoid a simple polarity between physical aspects (ritual) and mental aspects (belief) of religion, the contributors draw on theories of cognition as embodied, emergent, enactive and extended, accepting the complexity, multimodality and multicausality of human life. Through this interdisciplinary approach, the chapters open up new questions around and develop new insights into the physical, emotional, and cognitive aspects of ancient religions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Esther Eidinow, Armin W. Geertz, Quinton Deeley, John North\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Ritual: 1. A cognitive approach to ancient Greek animal sacrifice Hugh Bowden\u003cbr\u003e 2. To the netherworld and back: cognitive aspects of the descent to Trophonius Yulia Ustinova\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Representation: 3. Ancient Greek smellscapes and divine fragrances: anthropomorphizing the gods in ancient Greek culture Esther Eidinow\u003cbr\u003e 4. Belief, make-believe and the religious imagination: the case of the Deus Ex Machina in Greek tragedy Felix Budelmann\u003cbr\u003e 5. Chanting and dancing into dissociation: the case of the Salian priests at Rome Maik Patzelt\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Gender: 6. The Bacchants are silent: using cognitive science to explore the experience of the Oreibasia Vivienne McGlashan\u003cbr\u003e 7. Who is the Damiatrix? Roman women, the political negotiation of psychotropic experiences, and the cults of Bona Dea Leonardo Ambasciano\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Materiality: 8. Walls and the ancient Greek ritual experience: the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Eleusis Michael Scott\u003cbr\u003e 9. Identifying symptoms of religious experience from ancient material culture: the example of cults of the Roman Mithras Luther H. Martin\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Texts: 10. Bridging the gap: from textual representations to the experiential level and back Anders Klostergaard Petersen\u003cbr\u003e 11. A relevant mystery: intuitive and reflective thought in Gregory of Nyssa's representations of divine begetting in the Against Eunomius Isabella Sandwell.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Cognition \u0026amp; cognitive psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Cognition \u0026amp; cognitive psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Cognition%20\u0026amp;%20cognitive%20psychology%20%5BJMR%5D%22\"\u003eJMR\u003c\/a\u003e], History of religion [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of religion\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20religion%20%5BHRAX%5D%22\"\u003eHRAX\u003c\/a\u003e], Classical history \/ classical civilisation [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Classical history \/ classical civilisation\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Classical%20history%20\/%20classical%20civilisation%20%5BHBLA1%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501146599704,"sku":"9781009011600","price":25.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009011600i.jpg?v=1786212637","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cognitive-approaches-to-ancient-religious-experience-paperback-softback-9781009011600","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}