... : 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 question by distinguishing how the theological language can be categorized between a gender-neutral "God" and the generic uses of "gods." However, he ... can become an issue in two instances, both of which are in relation to the academic study of relig...

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... funerary texts and Book of the Dead and the Tibetan Book of the Dead, which date back 6,000 and 1,300 years, respectively. A logical explanation of how so many people of different backgrounds underwent the same sensations is by the similarities in their limbic system structures and temporal lobe organization (Joseph 115). The feelings of euphoria are caused by the release of large amounts of chemicals in the amygdala. Moreover, because the structures of the limbic system are involved ... in memory storage and retrieval as well as visual input, the visions of radiant light, hallucination...

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... reason is supported in some cases by a second reason which states the belief that religion and spirituality do not qualify as variables for scientific study (Hill, 2003). Depending on previous personal and university or institutional training concerning religion and spirituality, a potential student or researcher may have strong or indifferent beliefs concerning the merging of professional psychology with religion and spirituality. In example, I personally visited ... the Rosemead School of Psychology at Biola University where Hill conducts research. While investigating ... ...

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... 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 of their existence, their strife during ... ...

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