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Book: Studying the Religious Mind

Chapter: 8. Religious Experience in Mediterranean Antiquity

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.43008

Blurb:

This chapter serves as an introduction to a small collection of essays dedicated to the study of religious experience in the ancient Mediterranean world. First, the chapter addresses the challenges of a historical study of religious experiences. Second, a model of religious experience is outlined that connects neurological, textual, cognitive, and ritual aspects of religious experience. Finally, the essays in the collection are briefly introduced.

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