The Transcendental Meditation Organization And Its Encounter With Science

In: Handbook of Religion and the Authority of Science
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Cynthia Ann Humes
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345–370
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https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004187917.i-924.102

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Series:  Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion, Volume: 3
Cover Handbook of Religion and the Authority of Science
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Print Publication Date:
01 Jan 2010
Preliminary Material
Introduction
How Religions Appeal To The Authority Of Science
From Analogies To Narrative Entanglement: Invoking Scientific Authority In Indian New Age Spirituality
“We Demand Bedrock Knowledge”: Modern Satanism Between Secularized Esotericism And ‘Esotericized’ Secularism
Buddhism As The “Religion Of Science”: From Colonial Ceylon To The Laboratories Of Harvard
Falun Gong And Science: Origins, Pseudoscience, And China’s Scientific Establishment
Metaphorical And Metonymical Science: Constructing Authority In A Japanese New Religion
“When Science Fiction Becomes Science Fact”: The Role Of Science, Science Fiction, And Technology In Aum Shinrikyo
Vivekananda And The Scientific Legitimation Of Advaita Vedānta
Inverted Orientalism, Vedic Science, And The Modern World: Bhaktivedanta And The International Society For Krishna Consciousness
Madame Blavatsky’s Children: Modern Hindu Encounters With Darwinism
The Sikh Scientific Ethic—Worldly And Mystical
The God Experiment: Radhasoami’s Version Of Science And The Rhetoric Of Guru Succession
The Use Of Medicinal Legitimizations In The Construction Of Religious Practice: The Dietary Laws Of Judaism
Science Is Just Catching Up: The Kabbalah Centre And The Neo-Enlightenment
Islamic Opposition To The Darwinian Theory Of Evolution
Fighting Science With Science At Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network
Christian Science, New Thought, And Scientific Discourse
The Unification Movement: Science, Religion, And Absolute Values
Spiritualism And Psychical Research
Popular Epistemologies And “Spiritual Science” In Early Twentieth-Century Buenos Aires
Parapsychology: Naturalising The Supernatural, Re-Enchanting Science
The “Scientific” Presentation And Legitimation Of The Teaching Of Synchronicity In New Age Literature
Science As Legitimation For Spirituality: From The Aquarian Conspiracy To Channelling And A Course In Miracles
Modern Western Magic And Altered States Of Consciousness
Legitimizing Belief Through The Authority Of Science: The Case Of The Church Of Scientology
New Religions And The Science Of Archaeology: Mormons, The Goddess, And Atlantis
Is Dialogue Between Religion And Science Possible? The Case Of Archaeology And The Goddess Movement
Mormon Archaeology And The Claims Of History
Folklore And Discourse: The Authority Of Scientific Rhetoric, From State Atheism To New Spirituality
The Phlogiston Theory: A Late Relic Of Pre-Enlightenment Science
“Oh No, It Isn’t.” Sceptics And The Rhetorical Use Of Science In Religion
General Index
Index Of Names

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