علم و انسان‌شناسی دینی: تفسیر طبیعی‌گرایانه‌ای روحانی از زندگی انسانی (علم و دین اشگیت)

"Science and Religious Anthropology" explores the convergence of the biological sciences, human sciences, and humanities around a spiritually evocative, naturalistic vision of human life. The disciplinary contributions are at different levels of complexity, from evolution of brains to existential longings, and from embodied sociality to ecosystem habitat. The resulting interpretation of the human condition supports some aspects of traditional theological thinking in the world's religious traditions while seriously challenging other aspects. Wesley Wildman draws out these implications for philosophical and religious anthropology and argues that the modern secular interpretation of humanity is most compatible with a religious form of naturalistic humanism. This book resists the reduction of meaning and value questions while taking scientific theories about human life with full seriousness. It argues for a religious interpretation of human beings as bodily creatures emerging within a natural environment that permits engagement with the valuational potentials of reality. This engagement promotes socially borne spiritual quests to realize and harmonize values in everything human beings do, from the forging of cultures to the crafting of personal convictions. Preliminaries -- Inquiry -- Religious anthropology and disciplinary stakeholders -- Cooperation between disciplinary stakeholders -- The very idea of Homo religiosus -- Naturalism -- Defining religious naturalism -- The meaning of naturalism in this project -- The pragmatic epistemology of inquiry -- Perspectives -- Evolution -- Evolutionary challenges to traditional religious anthropology -- Evolutionary status of religion -- Religion as an evolutionary byproduct -- Conclusion: Homo religiosus and evolution -- Groups -- Social dynamics of religion -- Evolutionary functions of corporate religiousness -- Explaining strange behavior -- Conclusion: Homo religiosus and groups -- Brains -- Religion and supernatural beliefs -- Cognitive error and religion -- Transformation of beliefs and behavior -- Conclusion: Homo religiosus and brains -- Bodies -- Bodies and sociality -- Bodies and morality -- Bodies and religious experiences -- Conclusion: Homo religiosus and bodies -- Sex -- Sex types and gender rolesu -- Male dominance -- Intimacy, sensuality, fantasy -- Conclusion: Homo religiosus and sex -- Habitat -- Environment and ecosystem habitat -- Technology and engineered habitat -- Symbols and value habitat -- Conclusion: Homo religiosus and habitat -- Findings -- Homo religiosus -- Homo religiosus : a synthetic portrayal -- The standing of alternative interpretations -- Religious anthropology, past and future Contents......Page 8 List of Figures and Tables......Page 10 Foreword......Page 12 Preface......Page 16 Acknowledgments......Page 22 Part I Preliminaries......Page 26 1 Inquiry......Page 28 2 Naturalism......Page 44 Part II Perspectives......Page 58 3 Evolution......Page 60 4 Groups......Page 86 5 Brains......Page 112 6 Bodies......Page 142 7 Sex......Page 168 8 Habitat......Page 198 Part III Findings......Page 232 9 Homo Religiosus......Page 234 Cited Works......Page 258 Name Index......Page 278 Subject Index......Page 284 This work explores the convergence of the biological sciences, human sciences and humanities around a spiritually evocative, naturalistic vision of human life. The resulting interpretation of the human condition supports some aspects of traditional theological thinking in the world's religious traditions whilst challenging other aspects Pt. I. Preliminaries -- Inquiry -- Naturalism -- Pt. Ii. Perspectives -- Evolution -- Groups -- Brains -- Bodies -- Sex -- Habitat -- Pt. Iii. Findings -- Homo Religiosus. Wesley J. Wildman. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.