Spiritual Transformation and Healing

Anthropological, Theological, Neuroscientific, and Clinical Perspectives

Joan D. Koss-Chioino (Anthology Editor) , Philip Hefner (Anthology Editor) , Carol Rausch Albright (Contributor) , Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer (Contributor) , Mary Ann Bucklin (Contributor) , Bonnie Glass-Coffin (Contributor) ,
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Spiritual Transformation and Healing

Anthropological, Theological, Neuroscientific, and Clinical Perspectives

Joan D. Koss-Chioino (Anthology Editor) , Philip Hefner (Anthology Editor) , Carol Rausch Albright (Contributor) , Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer (Contributor) , Mary Ann Bucklin (Contributor) , Bonnie Glass-Coffin (Contributor) ,
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Joan D. Koss-Chioino and Philip Hefner's new volume is unique in exploring the meaning of spiritual transformation and healing with new research from a scientific perspective. An interdisciplinary group of contributors-anthropological, psychological, medical, theological, and biological scientists-investigate the role of religious communities and healing practitioners, with spiritual transformation as their medium of healing. Individual authors evaluate the meaning of spiritual transformations and the consequences for those who experience it; the contributions of indigenous healing systems; new frameworks for neurological and physiological correlates of transformative religious experiences; the support from neuroscience for the radical empathy and intersubjective exchange that takes place in healing practices; and evidence for universal elements of the healing process. This exciting new book will be an invaluable resource for those generally interested in the role of religion in society, across the sciences, social sciences, and all religious traditions. With a foreword by Solomon H. Katz.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Preface
Part 3 Part I: Finding Our Way Through New Terrain
Chapter 4 Chapter 1: Exploring Spiritual Transformation and Healing: Fundamental Issues
Chapter 5 Chapter 2: The Meaning of Spiritual Transformation
Chapter 6 Chapter 3: The Spirit of Spiritual Healing in the United States
Part 7 Part II: Traditional and Indigenous Healing Systems: Anthropological Perspectives
Chapter 8 Chapter 4: Spiritual Transformation and Radical Empathy in Ritual Healing and Therapeutic Relationships
Chapter 9 Chapter 5: Radical Empathy, Gender, and Shamanic Healing: Examples from Peru
Chapter 10 Chapter 6: Sustainable Faith? Reconfiguring Shamanic Healing in Siberia
Chapter 11 Chapter 7: The Making of a Shaman: A Comparative Study of Inuit, African, and Nepalese Shaman Initiation
Part 12 Part III: Spiritual Transformation and Healing from Religious Perspectives
Chapter 13 Chapter 8: Spiritual Transformation and Healing: An Encounter with the Sacred
Chapter 14 Chapter 9: Spiritual Transformation and Healing in Light of an Evolutionary Theology
Chapter 15 Chapter 10: Personal Tranformation: Perspectives from Psychology and Christianity
Chapter 16 Chapter 11: Spiritual Growth, Cognition, and Complexity: Faith as a Dynamic Process
Part 17 Part IV: Neuroscientific Perspectives on Spiritual Transformation and Healing
Chapter 18 Chapter 12: The Neurobiology of Spiritual Transformation
Chapter 19 Chapter 13: Narrative in Holistic Healing: Empathy, Sympathy, and Simulation Theory
Chapter 20 Chapter 14: Healing of the Self-in-Context: Memory, Plasticity, and Spiritual Practice
Part 21 Part V: Clinical Perspectives on Spiritual Transformation and Healing
Chapter 22 Chapter 15: Spirituality, Spiritual Experiences, and Spiritual Transformations in the Face of HIV
Chapter 23 Chapter 16: Spiritual Engagement and Transformation in Cancer Patients: The Experience of the Patient, the Role of the Physician

Product details

Published May 12 2006
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 318
ISBN 9780759108660
Imprint AltaMira Press
Dimensions 234 x 164 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

JK
Anthology Editor

Joan D. Koss-Chioino

PH
Anthology Editor

Philip Hefner

CA
Contributor

Carol Rausch Albright

MB
Contributor

Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer

MB
Contributor

Mary Ann Bucklin

BG
Contributor

Bonnie Glass-Coffin

PH
Contributor

Philip Hefner

DH
Contributor

David Hogue

RH
Contributor

Ralph W. Hood Jr.

DH
Contributor

David Hufford

LH
Contributor

Leonard M. Hummel

DI
Contributor

Dale Ironson

GI
Contributor

Gail Ironson

SK
Contributor

Solomon Katz

JK
Contributor

Joan D. Koss-Chioino

HK
Contributor

Heidemarie Kremer

JK
Contributor

Jean L. Kristeller

AN
Contributor

Andrew Newberg

KP
Contributor

Kenneth I. Pargament

KP
Contributor

Karl E. Peters

MS
Contributor

Michael L. Spezio

ET
Contributor

Edith L. B. Turner

FW
Contributor

Fraser Watts

Reviews

  • This excellent book has it all - state of the art studies of spiritual transformation from medicine, anthropology, and neuroscience all ably reflected upon by philosophy and theology and made relevant to care and healing in the clinical situation. A wonderful contribution.

    Don Browning, University of Chicago, author of Christian Ethics and the Moral Psychologies

  • The book that Joan Koss-Chioino and Phillip Hefner put together does a remarkable job of addressing critical questions....This book showcases well how multidisciplinarity can be a critical vehicle.

    Ethos - Journal Of The Society For Psychological Athropology

  • “A deep-seated concern with the possibility of personal transformation is apparent in any reading of human history. In recent years this concern has taken the form of an interest in "spirituality" and attempts to define this phenomenon in a way permitting its empirical investigation, accelerated with the advent of neuro-imaging and neuroscience. This volume is a stimulating exploration of the processes involved in spiritual transformation, in healers as well as help-seekers.”

    Eugene B. Brody, and Mental Disease, Editor in Chief, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

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