When God talks back
by T. M. Luhrmann · first published 2012
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Psychological anthropologist Luhrmann offers an extended case study examining how believers come to have faith in an active, present God despite secular pressures in contemporary America. Drawing on extensive interviews and personal experience among Vineyard Movement members, Luhrmann focuses on the use of prayer among charismatic evangelical Christians. Her work combines personal narratives and excerpts from bestselling evangelical how-to guides with theories and data from psychology.
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…come from a religious background where the idea that God "talks" to you is quite prevalent. If you want an analysis of how could possibly be the case in our modern society, I recommend Tanya Luhrmann's "When God Talks Back". I say Jaynes puts the transition as far too sudden compared to what it actually could have been. Individuals could have had developed his version of "consciousness" often and repeatedly, but failed…
on “Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history” ↗…wouldn't be too certain about that. There are Christian- specifically American Evangelical Christian- approaches to responding to such voices in a positive way: http://www.npr.org/2012/03/26/149394987/when-god-talks-back-... http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/books/review/when-god-talk... These Evangelicals seem to be the American equivalent to the Masai who speak to the dead.
on “How Culture Affects Hallucinations” ↗