{"product_id":"9781350239531","title":"The Construction of the Supernatural in Euro-American Cultures : Something Nice about Vampires (Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book describes aspects of the concept of the supernatural from the intellectual history of Euro-American cultures. These samplings shed light on issues in the study of religions and religion rather than attempting to provide either a lineally coherent or exhaustive account of a somewhat fraught and complicated notion. Observations include uses of the term among the ancient Greeks and medieval Christian theologians and 19th- and 20th-century social scientists. This book highlights more recent academics who draw on the cognitive and evolutionary sciences in attempting to make sense of recurrent features of the representations and meta-representations of different cultures. This includes such counter-intuitive notions as \"the mysterious\" among the Wayuu of Columbia and Venezuela and \"vampires\" in Europe and North America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e These observations are concluded in a final essay - \"Toward a Realistic and Relevant Science of Religion\" - which presents considered opinions on how we might draw on the cognitive and evolutionary sciences to establish the foundations for a genuinely scientific study of religions and religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBenson Saler sadly passed away shortly after writing this book. An appreciation of his work, written by Armin W. Geertz, is included in this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48959638896875,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":74.98,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781350239531-1.jpg?v=1783098331","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9781350239531","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}