Visions and Healing in the Acts of the Apostles: How the Early Believers Experienced God Author: John J. Pilch Retail Price: $14.95 Our Price: $13.99 Save: 0.96 (6.42%) Availability: In Stock        Trances visions, healing miracles: permeating the biblical records are these altered states of consciousness, through which some early Christians experienced God. Today's rituals and liturgies are related to those experiences, which have become significant elements in the Christian tradition and mysticism. Pilch uses cultural anthropology, cognitive neuroscience, and medical anthropology to interpret these past events, and to explore the contemporary liturgical potential of this new understanding. Easily understood, and backed with solid, scientific insights, this interdisciplinary book will help the reader gain appreciation of our ancestors' faith and the power of Scripture and liturgy. Similar Items you may enjoy! Acts of the Apostles: Stories from the Early Church, DVD Our Price: $15.99 Magic and Paganism in Early Christianity: The World of the Acts of the Apostles Author: Hans-Josef Klauck Our Price: $12.99 The Acts of the Apostles # 5 Author: William Kurz Our Price: $4.49 The Acts of the Apostles Author: William Barclay Our Price: $29.95