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Putting God on the Map - Theology and Conceptual Mapping (Hardcover)
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Putting God on the Map - Theology and Conceptual Mapping (Hardcover)
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Since the middle of the last century, the emergence and development
of fields as diverse as artificial intelligence, evolutionary
science, cognitive linguistics, and neuroscience have led to a
greater understanding of the ways in which humans think. One of the
major discoveries involves what researchers refer to as conceptual
mapping. According to theories of conceptual mapping, human thought
is profoundly shaped by the ability to make connections. Simply
put, human thinking is metaphorical all the way down. This insight
has revolutionized the way in which scientists and philosophers
think about the mind/body problem, the formation and function of
language, and even the development of scientific progress itself.
Until recently however, this research has gone largely unnoticed
within Christian theology. But this revolution in understanding
human cognition calls for broader and richer engagement with
theology and religious studies: How does this new insight into
human meaning-making bear on our understanding of religious
meaning-making? And how might Christian theology interpret and
respond to this new understanding of the development of human
thought? This edited volume offers an introduction to conceptual
mapping that is accessible to those with no previous knowledge of
the field, and demonstrates the substantial resources this
interdisciplinary research has for thinking about a variety of
theological questions. The book begins with a chapter introducing
the reader to the basics of conceptual mapping. The remaining
chapters apply these insights to a variety of theological topics
including anthropology, sacramental theology, biblical studies,
ecumenical theology, and ethics.
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