This chapter surveys approaches to biblical studies informed by Cognitive Science (CS), emphasizing the field’s interdisciplinary diversity and methodological plurality. After outlining the emergence and development of CS, including major paradigms such as embodied, distributed, and evolutionary approaches to cognition, the chapter introduces two influential research traditions: Cognitive...
The current article is a critical review of the neuropsychological study of religious experience. First, we analyse the philosophical and theological roots of the term and its characterization as a sui generis and unique phenomenon. We subsequently describe the adoption of the concept in psychology, as well as the emergence of alternative approaches that emphasize the role of categorization of...