Panel: RELIGION, HEALTH, AND WELLBEING 2nd day



165_2.2 - HEALTH AS MATTER FOR CREDITION CHRISTIAN COMPONENTS FOR A CONCEPTIONAL BELIEF

AUTHORS:
Angel H. (University of Graz ~ Graz ~ Austria)
Text:
Recent evidence from cognitive neuroscience shows that believing is a fundamental brain function called credition. It integrates information which comes from the environment with the personal perspective taking of individuals. The believing process results in a subliminal stage in three types of beliefs which can be categorized as empirical, relational, and conceptual beliefs. They can also encompass so-called superordinate concepts which may become accessible to conscious awareness and can be part of the oral and ritual traditions of societies. For example, pain as well as health can be understood as such kind of superordinate concepts. The Christian faith aims in its core at salvation and redemption. In this presentation some aspects the Christian understanding of health will be presented. They include recorded examples from the Bible as well as examples of the work of art.