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Tobias Tanton. Corporeal Theology: The Nature of Theological Understanding in Light of Embodied CognitionPhilosophy, Theology and the Sciences 11 (1): 135. 2024.
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Interdisciplinary Inquiry into Affective Life: Intuition, Emotion, EmpathyPhilosophy, Theology and the Sciences 11 (1): 1. 2024.
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Yaa Gyasi. Transcendent Kingdom. New York: Knopf, 2020. 416 pp (review)Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences 8 (2): 294. 2021.
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6What are the biological bases of religious experience? Are there biological constraints upon or determinants of religious narratives and practices? How does understanding the biology of religious experience inform the ongoing reconstruction of religious rituals and myths? In The Mystical Mind, Eugene d’Aquili and Andrew Newberg address these central questions and others from a distinct perspective called biogenetic structuralism. They propose a model of how brain activity gives rise to mystical …Read more
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52What are the biological bases of religious experience? Are there biological constraints upon or determinants of religious narratives and practices? How does understanding the biology of religious experience inform the ongoing reconstruction of religious rituals and myths? In The Mystical Mind, Eugene d’Aquili and Andrew Newberg address these central questions and others from a distinct perspective called biogenetic structuralism. They propose a model of how brain activity gives rise to mystical …Read more
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77Social neuroscience and theistic evolution: Intersubjectivity, love, and the social sphereZygon 48 (2): 428-438. 2013.After providing a brief overview of social neuroscience in the context of strong embodiment and the cognitive sciences, this paper addresses how perspectives from the field may inform how theological anthropology approaches the origins of human persons-in-community. An overview of the Social Brain Hypothesis and of simulation theory reveals a simultaneous potential for receptive/projective processes to facilitate social engagement and the need for intentional spontaneity in the form of a spiritu…Read more
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78Freedom in the body: The physical, the causal, and the possibility of choiceZygon 39 (3): 577-590. 2004.. In Minding God Gregory Peterson takes a careful look at the kind of freedom that human persons have. He concludes that humans are constrained to be free and unpacks this into a version of compatibilism. That is, humans are not metaphysically free under current existence because of the causal determination inherent in their physical nature, but they can take credit for the origination of selfforming decisions because the causes occur inside of us. Peterson does advocate an eschatological hope l…Read more
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5Freedom in the Body: The Physical, the Causal, and the Possibility of ChoiceZygon 39 (3): 577-590. 2004.. In Minding God Gregory Peterson takes a careful look at the kind of freedom that human persons have. He concludes that humans are constrained to be free and unpacks this into a version of compatibilism. That is, humans are not metaphysically free under current existence because of the causal determination inherent in their physical nature, but they can take credit for the origination of selfforming decisions because the causes occur inside of us. Peterson does advocate an eschatological hope l…Read more
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15This volume explores the role of both “mere habits” and sophisticated habitus in the formation of moral character and the virtues, incorporating perspectives from philosophy, theology, psychology, and neuroscience.
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13Virtue Theory and Excellence in the Practices of SciencePhilosophy, Theology and the Sciences 5 (2): 143. 2018.
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16Corrigibility and Trust in the Practices of SciencePhilosophy, Theology and the Sciences 5 (2): 265. 2018.
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14Philosophy, Virtue, and the Practices of SciencePhilosophy, Theology and the Sciences 5 (1): 1. 2018.
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13Embodied Cognition and Loving Character Empathy and Character in Moral FormationPhilosophy, Theology and the Sciences 2 (1): 25. 2015.
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