Visions and Healing in the Acts of the Apostles

How the Early Believers Experienced God

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John J. Pilch

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Trances, visions, healing miracles: permeating the biblical records are these altered states of consciousness, through which some early Christians experienced God. Today's rituals and liturgies are related to those experiences, which have become significant elements in the Christian tradition and mysticism. Pilch uses cultural anthropology, cognitive neuroscience, and medical anthropology to interpret these past events, and to explore the contemporary liturgical potential of this new understanding. Easily understood, and backed with solid, scientific insights, this interdisciplinary book will help the reader gain appreciation of our ancestor' faith and the power of Scripture and liturgy.

Author Biography:

John J. Pilch, Ph.D., teaches Scripture at Georgetown University. His other Liturgical Press publications include The Cultural World of Jesus series; The Cultural World of the Apostles series; The Cultural World of the Prophets series; Cultural Tools for Interpreting the Good News; The Cultural Dictionary of the Bible (Catholic Press Association award winner); The Triduum and Easter Sunday: Breaking Open the Scripture; Choosing a Bible Translation; Galatians and Romans in The Collegeville bible Commentary; and articles in The Modern catholic Encyclopedia, The Collegeville Pastoral Dictionary of biblical Theology, and The Bible today.

Release date Australia

August 1st, 2004

Author

John J. Pilch

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Professional & Vocational

Pages

200

Dimensions

137x210x11

ISBN-13

9780814627976

Product ID

5106821

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