{"product_id":"the-construction-of-the-supernatural-benson-saler-9781350239531","title":"The Construction of the Supernatural in Euro-American Cultures: Something Nice about Vampires","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book describes aspects of the concept of the supernatural from the intellectual history of Euro-American cultures. These samplings shed light on issues in the study of religions and religion rather than attempting to provide either a lineally coherent or exhaustive account of a somewhat fraught and complicated notion. Observations include uses of the term among the ancient Greeks and medieval Christian theologians and 19th- and 20th-century social scientists. This book highlights more recent academics who draw on the cognitive and evolutionary sciences in attempting to make sense of recurrent features of the representations and meta-representations of different cultures. This includes such counter-intuitive notions as \"the mysterious\" among the Wayuu of Columbia and Venezuela and \"vampires\" in Europe and North America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These observations are concluded in a final essay - \"Toward a Realistic and Relevant Science of Religion\" - which presents considered opinions on how we might draw on the cognitive and evolutionary sciences to establish the foundations for a genuinely scientific study of religions and religion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBenson Saler sadly passed away shortly after writing this book. An appreciation of his work, written by Armin W. Geertz, is included in this volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benson Saler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350239534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350239531\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.40d","brand":"Benson Saler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071401521407,"sku":"9781350239531","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce22ea16-1b95-495d-aa9c-fbd8a52de0c7.jpg?v=1685435880","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-construction-of-the-supernatural-benson-saler-9781350239531","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}