{"product_id":"religion-and-lust","title":"Din ve Şehvet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the force of worship and the pull of desire share roots in the human mind?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Religion and Lust, American physician James Weir Jr. approaches faith as a question for psychology, not morals. He asks how belief, feeling and the body shape one another. His central claim is bold: religious emotion and sexual desire spring from closely related parts of human nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeir turns to the history of worship to support his case, from ancient fertility cults to Christian and other communities. He argues that religious ecstasy and desire can carry people beyond ordinary self-control. The question is not only how convincing his explanation is, but what it leaves out of believers’ lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFaith through a physician’s eyes\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore how Weir treats belief as an activity of the mind and body.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe force of ecstasy\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow his argument that worship and desire draw on closely related human drives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWorship across different communities\u003c\/strong\u003e – Examine the examples Weir gathers to connect fertility, religious feeling and bodily experience.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA Victorian scientific outlook\u003c\/strong\u003e – Encounter the wish to explain mind and belief through natural causes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRoom to question\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider whether bodily explanations account for what believers find in prayer, duty and community.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers curious about the history of ideas on religion and the mind, especially how Victorian-era doctors think.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and weigh Weir’s bold argument for yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534653358428,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/00486_en_ebook-front_c28.jpg?v=1792175010","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/tr\/products\/religion-and-lust","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}