... with this lack of attention from researchers is evident despite recent documentation that 95% of the United States population profess a belief in God (Potts, 1998). The limited number of professional training programs available for psychologist and social scientist that address religion and spirituality contribute to the research deficit (Hill, 2003). Without proper training and knowledge, ... the empirical arena is bound to suffer. The possibility also exists that these institutions (ones in which religion and theology are main focuses) are purposely ignored by potential students and c...

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Russell McCutcheon's "Naming The Unnameable: Theological Language And The Academic Study of Religion," presents readers with the "wider problem of the naming and use of theological language in the context of religious studies." It poses the question, "of by what name shall academic students of religion, know the unknowable." Throughout his article, McCutcheon attempts to tackle the ... the use of "God" instead of "Father" or "King", representing more of the very essence of the "object of religious discourse and devotion in itself." Listing God as a male is making a stand of having religio...

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... and practices. By exposing western minds to the radically dissimilar mentality of Hinduism and the lifestyles if its practitioners, this film succeeds in explaining the central ideas of the practiced religion as well as the philosophy of Hinduism. Several of those concepts examined include: the ... many Gods and Goddesses; the ritual practice of image worship; and the lives of ascetics who denounce society and wander off alone in search of enlightenment. Throughout the fifty minutes of this film, Gyre introduces his viewers to the realities of rural Indian life; the modesty ... as karma...

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... of the inferior temporal lobe and within the amygdala. As these same neurons are multimodally responsive while subservient to all aspects of emotion, including religious feeling, it is possible for specific images to become infused with (and produce) mystical and religious emotions. The most common reaction of abnormal or heightened activation of the amygdala-temporal lobe is fear. ... could possibly fit this description is Moses, who may have suffered from temporal lobe seizures. Intense overexposure to the sun while he floated on the Nile in a basket was likely what was responsible for...

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