In this thesis, I analyze the process of the gradual ritualization of early Christian meals in the first four centuries CE as accompanied by the increasing popularity of beliefs in the supernatural quality of the meal elements. I advocate a general hypothesis that the long-term cultural dynamics of repetitive collective rituals is to a substantial extent driven by how they attract human cognition, an aspect which is at least as important for cultural success of concrete ritual forms as how these ritual forms are designed in respect to fulfill particular social functions. After offering a short sketch of relevant cognitive theories of ritual (Chapter 1) and introducing the perspective of cognitive historiography (Chapter 2), I turn to the h...
Abstract: This article uses current developments in cognitive science to explore the emergence of ea...
"How does antique Christianity look if the lens of Cartesian dualism is removed and replaced with an...
Rituals, borne out of our embodied practical reason, are deeds that are counterintuitive in terms of...
Late Antiquity was a time of vibrant and eclectic ritual practices, as well as witnessing Christiani...
M.A. (Biblical Studies)Abstract: In a seminal work from the perspective of Cognitive Science, McCaul...
Why does ritual continue to be an issue in religious studies and in anthropology? In this paper the ...
Why does ritual continue to be an issue in religious studies and in anthropology? In this paper the ...
The article examines ways in which the views of biblical scholars as to the transmission of early Ch...
The purpose of this thesis is to describe the cultic meal of primitive Christianity and its relation...
The article examines ways in which the views of biblical scholars as to the transmission of early Ch...
Petr Černoch - Dining together in the New Testament church from the collective memory perspective - ...
The paper deals with a ritual as a method of social memory content transfer. To reveal dialectics of...
Sørensen’s (2007) cognitive theory of magic offers more precise tools for analysing the cognitive di...
Sørensen’s (2007) cognitive theory of magic offers more precise tools for analysing the cognitive di...
The aim of this study is to present an alternative historiography where are traditional methods comp...
Abstract: This article uses current developments in cognitive science to explore the emergence of ea...
"How does antique Christianity look if the lens of Cartesian dualism is removed and replaced with an...
Rituals, borne out of our embodied practical reason, are deeds that are counterintuitive in terms of...
Late Antiquity was a time of vibrant and eclectic ritual practices, as well as witnessing Christiani...
M.A. (Biblical Studies)Abstract: In a seminal work from the perspective of Cognitive Science, McCaul...
Why does ritual continue to be an issue in religious studies and in anthropology? In this paper the ...
Why does ritual continue to be an issue in religious studies and in anthropology? In this paper the ...
The article examines ways in which the views of biblical scholars as to the transmission of early Ch...
The purpose of this thesis is to describe the cultic meal of primitive Christianity and its relation...
The article examines ways in which the views of biblical scholars as to the transmission of early Ch...
Petr Černoch - Dining together in the New Testament church from the collective memory perspective - ...
The paper deals with a ritual as a method of social memory content transfer. To reveal dialectics of...
Sørensen’s (2007) cognitive theory of magic offers more precise tools for analysing the cognitive di...
Sørensen’s (2007) cognitive theory of magic offers more precise tools for analysing the cognitive di...
The aim of this study is to present an alternative historiography where are traditional methods comp...
Abstract: This article uses current developments in cognitive science to explore the emergence of ea...
"How does antique Christianity look if the lens of Cartesian dualism is removed and replaced with an...
Rituals, borne out of our embodied practical reason, are deeds that are counterintuitive in terms of...