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The title of this volume, Sacred Marriages, consciously plays with the traditional concept of sacred marriage, but the plural form, "sacred marriages," gives the reader an idea that something more is at stake here than a monomaniacal idea of manifestations deriving from a single prototype. Following the guidelines of one of the contributors, Ruben Zimmermann, the editors tentatively define "sacred marriage" as a "real or symbolic union of two complementary entities, imagined as gendered, in a religious context." "Sacred marriages" (plural), then, refers to various expressions of this kind of union in different cultures that seek to overcome, to cite Zimmermann again, "the great dualism of human and cosmic existence."The subtitle indicates that the contributors are primarily interested in different aspects of the divine-human sexual metaphor-that is, the imagining and reenactment of a gendered relationship between the human and divine worlds. This metaphor, which is essentially about relationship rather than sexual acts, can find textual, ritual, mythical, and social expressions in different times and places.Indeed, the sacred marriage ritual itself should be considered not a manifestation of the "sacralized power of sexuality experienced in sexual intercourse" but one way of objectifying the divine-human sexual metaphor.
Marriage --- Spirituality. --- Spiritual-mindedness --- Philosophy --- Religion --- Spiritual life --- Religious aspects. --- Spirituality --- 265.5 --- 291.37 --- 265.5 Huwelijk --- Huwelijk --- Religious aspects --- Godsdienstige ceremonieën. Religieuze symboliek. Mysteries. Inwijding --- SELF-HELP --- RELIGION --- Religion, Primitive --- Atheism --- Irreligion --- Religions --- Theology --- Spiritual. --- Inspirational.
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Cognitive science of religion is a radically new paradigm in the study of religion. Apart from psychology and anthropology of religion, also historians of religion have shown increasing interest in this approach. This volume is groundbreaking in combining cognitive analysis with historical and social-scientific approaches to biblical materials, Christian origins, and early Judaism. The book is in four parts: an introduction to cognitive and social-scientific approaches, applications of cognitive science, applications of conceptual blending theory, and applications of socio-cognitive analyses. The book will be of interest for historians of religion, biblical scholars, and those working in the cognitive science of religion.
Christianity --- -Church history --- -Judaism --- -Psychology, Religious. --- -281.2 --- Jews --- Religions --- Semites --- Church history --- Psychology of religion --- Religion --- Religious psychology --- Psychology and religion --- Ecclesiastical history --- History, Church --- History, Ecclesiastical --- History --- Origin --- -History --- -Psychology. --- Psychology. --- Apostolische Kerk. Judeo-christianisme:--tot einde 1ste eeuw --- Psychological aspects --- Psychology --- Conferences - Meetings --- Christianity -- Origin -- Congresses. --- Judaism -- History -- Congresses. --- Psychology, Religious. --- Judaism --- Psychology, Religious --- Philosophy & Religion --- 281.2 Apostolische Kerk. Judeo-christianisme:--tot einde 1ste eeuw --- 281.2 --- Jewish psychology --- Cognitiewetenschap. --- Jodendom. --- Sociologische aspecten. --- Vroege christendom.
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