Christopher D. Rodkey

The Synaptic Gospel

Teaching the Brain to Worship

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Christopher D. Rodkey asks how the brain worships and responds by engaging ideas from neurological science, philosophy, ritual theory, and religious education. The Synaptic Gospel will prove to be a useful theoretical tool for pastors, religious educators, youth ministers, church music professionals, and seminary students.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 106
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 167g
• ISBN-13: 9780761857860
• ISBN-10: 0761857869
• Artikelnr.: 35054484

Autorenporträt

By Christopher D. Rodkey

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments and an Opening Apology
Chapter One
Introduction, Problems, and Methodologies
Chapter Two
Worshiping Communities as Circles of Empathy
Chapter Three
The Neuroscience of Emotion and Feeling
Chapter Four
The Neurology of Worship
Chapter Five
Worship as Religious Education
Chapter Six
An Ecology of Liturgy: Habituating Liturgically with Youth
Selected Bibliography
Index