James W. Jones is Distinguished Professor of the Psychology of Religion, Emeritus, at Rutgers University. He is the author of fifteen books and numerous professional papers, and the editor of several volumes of collected papers dealing with religion, psychology, and science. He serves on the editorial boards of several publications. He is an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church USA and has maintained a private practice of clinical psychology, specializing in psychophysiology and behavioral medicine.

Building on his earlier work on science and spirituality, Jones here makes a passionate case for an innate spiritual sense that brings 'an awareness of an external, divine, and transcendental reality.' Blending recent research on embodied mind with the ancient concept of a mind-suffused body, he explores the ways religious practices can help to make human existence 'transparent' to the divine existence.

• Prologue Introduction Chapter One: Understanding as Living Chapter Two: The Embodied Mind and the Mind Suffused Body Chapter Three: Meaning Making-An Embodied-Relational Approach Chapter Four: Knowing Religion Chapter Five: Living Religion Conclusion: Embodying Religion Notes on Chapters Bibliography Index

James W. Jones is Distinguished Professor of the Psychology of Religion, Emeritus, at Rutgers University. He is the author of fifteen books and numerous professional papers, and the editor of several volumes of collected papers dealing with religion, psychology, and science. He serves on the editorial boards of several publications. He is an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church USA and has maintained a private practice of clinical psychology, specializing in psychophysiology and behavioral medicine.

Building on his earlier work on science and spirituality, Jones here makes a passionate case for an innate spiritual sense that brings 'an awareness of an external, divine, and transcendental reality.' Blending recent research on embodied mind with the ancient concept of a mind-suffused body, he explores the ways religious practices can help to make human existence 'transparent' to the divine existence.

• Prologue Introduction Chapter One: Understanding as Living Chapter Two: The Embodied Mind and the Mind Suffused Body Chapter Three: Meaning Making-An Embodied-Relational Approach Chapter Four: Knowing Religion Chapter Five: Living Religion Conclusion: Embodying Religion Notes on Chapters Bibliography Index

James W. Jones is Distinguished Professor of the Psychology of Religion, Emeritus, at Rutgers University. He is the author of fifteen books and numerous professional papers, and the editor of several volumes of collected papers dealing with religion, psychology, and science. He serves on the editorial boards of several publications. He is an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church USA and has maintained a private practice of clinical psychology, specializing in psychophysiology and behavioral medicine.

Building on his earlier work on science and spirituality, Jones here makes a passionate case for an innate spiritual sense that brings 'an awareness of an external, divine, and transcendental reality.' Blending recent research on embodied mind with the ancient concept of a mind-suffused body, he explores the ways religious practices can help to make human existence 'transparent' to the divine existence.

• Prologue Introduction Chapter One: Understanding as Living Chapter Two: The Embodied Mind and the Mind Suffused Body Chapter Three: Meaning Making-An Embodied-Relational Approach Chapter Four: Knowing Religion Chapter Five: Living Religion Conclusion: Embodying Religion Notes on Chapters Bibliography Index