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Dreaming in the World's Religions A Comparative History

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ISBN-10: 0814799574

ISBN-13: 9780814799574

Edition: 2008

Authors: Kelly Bulkeley, Kelly Peter E.

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A pleasure to read, well written and full of fascinating examples. It is unique in combining a sensitive and sympathetic understanding of the religious meanings of dreams with a state-of-the-art treatment of the insights that cognitive neuroscience and evolutionary psychology bring to our understanding of them. Wendy Doniger, author of Dreams, Illusion, and Other Realities Offers a sophisticated, yet easily accessible and engaging discussion of how and in what way dreams and a broad range of the worlds religions have enjoyed mutual influence throughout history. Nina P. Azari, Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopaedia of Religions and Sciences From Biblical stories of Joseph interpreting…    
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Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 7/19/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English

Kelly Bulkeley is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, and is a former President of the Association for the Study of Dreams. His books include The Wilderness of Dreams: Exploring the Religious Meanings of Dreams in Modern Western Culture; An Introduction to the Psychology of Dreaming; Visions of the Night: Dreams, Religion, and Psychology; and The Wondering Brain: Thinking about Religion with and beyond Cognitive Neuroscience.

Acknowledgments
Note on Translations
Introduction
Hinduism
Chinese Religions
Buddhism
Religions of the Fertile Crescent
Religions of Ancient Greece and Rome
Christianity
Islam
Religions of Africa
Religions of Oceania
Religions of the Americas
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author