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Dreams: A Reader on Religious, Cultural and Psychological Dimensions of Dreaming

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This innovative collection covers the dream beliefs and practices of various religious and cultural traditions; the dream experiences and theories of particular individuals; and the methods used to investigate and understand dreaming. Contributors include Wendy Doniger, Barbara Tedlock, George Lakoff, J. Allan Hobson, Frederick Crews, Thomas Gregor, Bertram Cohler, and several other leading scholars in religious studies, anthropology, and psychology. Issues of gender, power, sexuality, language, truth, mysticism, healing, consciousness, modernization, the boundaries of Western Science, and the role of personal experience in scholarship are examined.

Language: English

Pages: 400

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Release: December 14, 2001

ISBN: 0312293348

ISBN 13: 9780312293345

Dreams: A Reader on Religious, Cultural and Psychological Dimensions of Dreaming

3.5/5 ( ratings)

This innovative collection covers the dream beliefs and practices of various religious and cultural traditions; the dream experiences and theories of particular individuals; and the methods used to investigate and understand dreaming. Contributors include Wendy Doniger, Barbara Tedlock, George Lakoff, J. Allan Hobson, Frederick Crews, Thomas Gregor, Bertram Cohler, and several other leading scholars in religious studies, anthropology, and psychology. Issues of gender, power, sexuality, language, truth, mysticism, healing, consciousness, modernization, the boundaries of Western Science, and the role of personal experience in scholarship are examined.

Language: English

Pages: 400

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Release: December 14, 2001

ISBN: 0312293348

ISBN 13: 9780312293345

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