Spiritual Transformation and Healing

Anthropological, Theological, Neuroscientific, and Clinical Perspectives
Herausgeber: Hefner, Philip; Koss-Chioino, Joan D.

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Produktbeschreibung

A new volume exploring spiritual transformation from various disciplinary perspectives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 466g
• ISBN-13: 9780759108677
• ISBN-10: 0759108676
• Artikelnr.: 22030748

Autorenporträt

Joan D. Koss-Chioino is professor emerita of anthropology at Arizona State University. Philip Hefner is professor emeritus of systematic theology at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Preface Part 3 Part I: Finding Our Way Through
New Terrain Chapter 4 Chapter 1: Exploring Spiritual Transformation and
Healing: Fundamental Issues Chapter 5 Chapter 2: The Meaning of Spiritual
Transformation Chapter 6 Chapter 3: The Spirit of Spiritual Healing in the
United States Part 7 Part II: Traditional and Indigenous Healing Systems:
Anthropological Perspectives Chapter 8 Chapter 4: Spiritual Transformation
and Radical Empathy in Ritual Healing and Therapeutic Relationships Chapter
9 Chapter 5: Radical Empathy, Gender, and Shamanic Healing: Examples from
Peru Chapter 10 Chapter 6: Sustainable Faith? Reconfiguring Shamanic
Healing in Siberia Chapter 11 Chapter 7: The Making of a Shaman: A
Comparative Study of Inuit, African, and Nepalese Shaman Initiation Part 12
Part III: Spiritual Transformation and Healing from Religious Perspectives
Chapter 13 Chapter 8: Spiritual Transformation and Healing: An Encounter
with the Sacred Chapter 14 Chapter 9: Spiritual Transformation and Healing
in Light of an Evolutionary Theology Chapter 15 Chapter 10: Personal
Tranformation: Perspectives from Psychology and Christianity Chapter 16
Chapter 11: Spiritual Growth, Cognition, and Complexity: Faith as a Dynamic
Process Part 17 Part IV: Neuroscientific Perspectives on Spiritual
Transformation and Healing Chapter 18 Chapter 12: The Neurobiology of
Spiritual Transformation Chapter 19 Chapter 13: Narrative in Holistic
Healing: Empathy, Sympathy, and Simulation Theory Chapter 20 Chapter 14:
Healing of the Self-in-Context: Memory, Plasticity, and Spiritual Practice
Part 21 Part V: Clinical Perspectives on Spiritual Transformation and
Healing Chapter 22 Chapter 15: Spirituality, Spiritual Experiences, and
Spiritual Transformations in the Face of HIV Chapter 23 Chapter 16:
Spiritual Engagement and Transformation in Cancer Patients: The Experience
of the Patient, the Role of the Physician