MODES OF THE RELIGIOUS IN THE CONTEXT OF PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE, AND CULTURE

Shutaleva A. Neuroscience and phenomenology of religion. In Modes of the religious in the context of philosophy, science, and culture: the monograph. Ekaterinburg: Delovaya Kniga, 2021. Pp. 137-165. This chapter aims to study the neurophenomenological perspective of the mutual influence of culture and religion in the experience of consciousness and the development of the human brain. The concept of “consciousness” and the ways of its relationship with the outside world are presented from the cognitive and cultural neurophenomenological approaches. The phenomenon of “embodiment” is addressed both to the subjective experience of the body as a living, empirical structure and as a context or environment of cognitive mechanisms. Neurophenomenological analysis from a cross-cultural perspective shows the relationship between consciousness, emotions, the brain, and the nervous system.