Author

Publication

2004-08-01 - Liturgical Press

Language

English

Word Count

48,500 words, Guess

Page Count

194 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

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  • LibraryThing1571598

Classifications

  • LCCBS2625.6.V57 P55 2004

Description

"This book examines religious ecstatic trance experiences and healing events reported in the Acts of the Apostles. It applies insights from the social sciences, namely: cultural anthropology, cognitive neuro-science, and medical anthropology to the interpretation of these events. It also presents Luke's continuous story-line in Acts from a literary and theological perspective. Whether or not one considers these events to be literally factual, fact-with-interpretation, or Lucan composition, the message makes plausible cultural sense to a first-century Mediterranean listener or reader."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

These are just five of the more than twenty references in Acts of the Apostles to individuals encountering God, the risen Jesus, or angels in a level of awareness different from ordinary waking consciousness.

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