Asma, Stephen T.
Why We Need Religion
- ISBN 13:
- 9780190469672
- author:
- Asma, Stephen T.
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- Oxford University Press, USA
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 272
- Dimensions:
- 23.37 x 16.51 x 2.29 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Philosophy, Religious,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Emotions play a vital role in our survival, and this is the central theme of Stephen Asma's book Why We Need Religion. By exploring the relationship between emotions and religion, Asma argues that art and religion have unique access to our emotional lives.
Unlike science, which can evoke feelings of wonder and awe, but may struggle with more complex forms of human suffering, religion offers a distinctively emotionally therapeutic power. This book delves into the neurology, psychology, and anthropology of emotions, revealing how religion manages these systems and argues that it remains an essential cultural apparatus for our emotional well-being.
Asma's work provides a systematic exploration of the role of emotions in spiritual and ritual life, and offers a compelling case for the continued relevance of religion in modern times. This book is a thought-provoking contribution to the philosophy of religion and the study of human emotions.
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