Dreaming in the world's religions
Subtitle: a comparative history
By: Kelly Bulkeley.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9780814799567; 9780814799574
Subjects: Dreams -- Religious aspects -- History; Religions -- History
Description: Dreaming in the World's Religions provides an authoritative and engaging one-volume resource for the study of dreaming and religion. It tells the story of how dreaming has shaped the religious history of humankind, from the Upanishads of Hinduism to the Quraan of Islam, from the conception dream of Buddhaas mother to the sexually tempting nightmares of St. Augustine, from the Ojibwa vision quest to Australian Aboriginaljourneys in the Dreamtime. Bringing his background in psychology to bear, Kelly Bulkeley incorporates an accessible consideration of cognitive neuroscience and evolutionary psychology into this fascinating overview.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Hinduism; title: Chinese religions; title: Buddhism; title: Religions of the Fertile Crescent; title: Religions of ancient Greece and Rome; title: Christianity; title: Islam; title: Religions of Africa; title: Religions of Oceania; title: Religions of the Americas.