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2009 New Scientific Approaches to the Study of Religious Experience Videoconference
Conference Highlights
Welcome and Introduction
Session 1 Emma Cohen
Session 1 Dianne Stewart
Session 1 Q&A
Session 2 John Dunne
Session 2 Justin Barrett
Session 2 Q&A
An experimental transatlantic videoconference held May 22, 2009, between the Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture and the Department of Religion of Emory University and the Centre for Anthropology and Mind of the University of Oxford. The event was sponsored by the American Academy of Religion.
Welcome and Introduction:
Jack Fitzmier, Executive Director, American Academy of Religion
Robert N. McCauley, Director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture
Harvey Whitehouse, Head of the School of Anthropology, University of Oxford
Session One:
"Savage Thinkers and Soulless Psychology: The Cognitive Anthropology of
Religious Experience"
Presenter: Emma Cohen, Centre for Anthropology and Mind and Institute of
Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford
Respondent: Dianne Stewart, Department of Religion, Emory University
Session Two:
“The Impact of How It Feels: Neurophenomenology and the Cognitive
Science of Religion”
Presenter: John Dunne, Department of Religion, Emory University
Respondent: Justin Barrett, Centre for Anthropology and Mind and
Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford
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