{"product_id":"enhancing-christian-life-how-extended-cognition-augments-religious-community-paperback","title":"Enhancing Christian Life: How Extended Cognition Augments Religious Community - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrad D. Strawn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWarren S. Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e2020 \u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e INDIES Book of the Year Finalist - Science and Technology\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo one is really Christian on their own.\u003c\/b\u003e But often the religious life is seen as individual, private, and internal--resulting in a truncated, consumeristic faith. And what if that kind of individualistic Christianity is built on a fundamental misunderstanding of human nature?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to psychologists Brad Strawn and Warren Brown, it's time to rethink the Christian life in light of current research on the human mind, particularly with a deeper understanding of the process called \"extended cognition.\" Using insights from neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy, they argue in \u003ci\u003eEnhancing Christian Life\u003c\/i\u003e that persons must be understood as not only embodied and embedded within particular contexts, but also \u003ci\u003eextended\u003c\/i\u003e beyond the body to encompass aspects of the physical and social world. Embracing a vision of the Christian life as extended into interactions with a local network of believers, they help us discover a fuller, more effective way to be Christian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter exploring the psychological dynamics of extended cognition, including how the mind is \"supersized\" by the incorporation of physical tools and social networks, Strawn and Brown consider implications for spiritual practices, congregational life, and religious language and traditions, which they describe as mental \"wikis.\" The formation of robust Christian life, they show, is a process that takes place within a larger mesh of embodiment and mind--broader, deeper, and richer than we could ever be on our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrad D. Strawn (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is the Evelyn and Frank Freed Professor of the Integration of Psychology and Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. He has post-doctoral training in psychoanalysis and is a licensed psychologist. He is coauthor (with Warren S. Brown) of \u003ci\u003eThe Physical Nature of Christian Life: Neuroscience, Psychology and the Church\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eChristianity and Psychoanalysis: A New Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarren S. Brown is the director of the Lee Edward Travis Research Institute and professor of psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is principal editor and contributor to \u003ci\u003eWhatever Happened to the Soul? Scientific and Theological Portraits of Human Nature\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor (with Nancey Murphy) of \u003ci\u003eDid My Neurons Make Me Do It?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47405220495538,"sku":"9780830852819","price":28.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/9be33b36429e0f25b709a0a33606ed7a.webp?v=1778179445","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/enhancing-christian-life-how-extended-cognition-augments-religious-community-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}