Paulus og neurobiologien
Troels Engberg‐Pedersen
Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift October 16, 2011 DOI: 10.7146/dtt.v74i3.106390 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
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| Key findings | Argues, in assessing Shantz's Paul in Ecstasy, that the book's emphasis on 'religious experience' and its use of contemporary neuroscience and social anthropology to illuminate Paul and Pauline Christianity are welcome, while questioning whether those disciplines are presently precise enough to yield firm conclusions about the historical material. |
Abstract
This review discussion of Colleen Shantz, Paul in Ecstasy etc. describes the main argument of the book, criticizes various details of its argumentation and concludes with a general assessment, which basically applauds the focus on ‘religious experience’ and the attempt to bring in both contemporary neuroscience and social anthropology to elucidate Paul and Pauline Christianity, but also queries whether these modern disciplines are at present sufficiently precise for it to be possible to draw any firm conclusions regarding the historical material.