Social and Cognitive Perspectives on the Sermon on the Mount - Rikard Roitto

Social and Cognitive Perspectives on the Sermon on the Mount - Rikard Roitto

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Social and Cognitive Perspectives on the Sermon on the Mount - Rikard Roitto

Rikard Roitto [+-]
Stockholm School of Theology, University College Stockholm
Rikard Roitto is University Lecturer of Biblical Studies at the Stockholm School of Theology at University College Stockholm.
Colleen Shantz [+-]
University of Toronto
Colleen Shantz is Associate Professor of Christian Origins and Biblical Studies at St. Michael’s College in the Toronto School of Theology and Dept. for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto.
Petri Luomanen [+-]
University of Helsinki
Petri Luomanen is Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Culture and Literature in the Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki.

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Social and Cognitive Perspectives on the Sermon on the Mount introduces a broader group of scholars, students, and clergy to the relevance of social scientific and cognitive studies for interpretation of the Bible, by applying these approaches to what is possibly the most read and discussed text in the Bible. Because these approaches are invested in patterns of human cognition and social mechanisms, this collection highlights the persistent appeal and persuasiveness of the Sermon: from innate moral drives, to the biology of emotion and risk-taking, to the formation and obliteration of in-group/out-group distinctions. Through these socio-cognitive theories the authors show why—even across cultures and history—the Sermon continues to grip both individual minds and groups of people to shape moral communities.

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Roitto, Rikard; Shantz, Colleen; Luomanen, Petri. Index of References. Social and Cognitive Perspectives on the Sermon on the Mount. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 333-338 Oct 2021. ISBN 9781781794227. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=43279. Date accessed: 19 Mar 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.43279. Oct 2021

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