Visions and Healing in the Acts of the Apostles: How the Early Believers Experienced God

by John J. Pilch

Book Overview

Trances, visions, healing miracles: permeating the biblical records are these altered states of consciousness, through which some early Christians experienced God. Today's rituals and liturgies are related to those experiences, which have become significant elements in the Christian tradition and mysticism. Pilch uses cultural anthropology, cognitive neuroscience, and medical anthropology to interpret these past events, and to explore the contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814627978
• ISBN13: 9780814627976
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"