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By J. Wentzel Van Huyssteen,Erik P. Wiebe

ISBN-10: 0802863868

ISBN-13: 9780802863867

Editors J. Wentzel van Huyssteen and Erik P. Wiebe current a state of the art multidisciplinary dialogue on "the challenge of self" -- the elusive nature of the human self and all its complicated dimensions. With contributions from specialists in philosophy, archaeology, primatology, psychology, neuroscience, cognitive technology of faith, and extra, this booklet explores strategies of mind's eye, self-awareness, cognizance, religiosity, and personhood.

Contributors:
Justin Barrett
Eric Bergemann
Joao Biehl
Emma Cohen
Pamela Cooper-White
Terrence W. Deacon
Deanie Eichenstein
James W. Haag
Jan-Olav Henriksen
Ian Hodder
Catherine Keller
Barbara J. King
Jay Ogilvy
Philip A. Rolnick
Helene Tallon Russell
Calvin O. Schrag
Roger Scruton
Maxine Sheets-Johnstone
Daniel J. Siegel
Ellen Streit
Marjorie Hewitt Suchoki
Ian Tattersall
Jennifer Thweatt-Bates
Leon Turner
J. Wentzel van Huyssteen
Erik P. Wiebe
Hetty Zock

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