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2026

1. Two incompatible images of the material nature of human beings and of being human: Reframing the free will debate Recent debates about free will, especially in the neurosciences, have been central to the debate about what it is to be human. Two recent publications, one by Robert Sapolsky and the other by Kevin Mitchell, not only re… Akademiese artikel13 Aug 2026
   Verbum et Ecclesia
2. Reframing the Debate on the Post-mortem Experiences The debate between evangelical and skeptical scholars about Jesus’s post-mortem appearances has long been framed as a binary choice: either his followers literally saw a bodily resurrected Jesus (the Resurrection Hypoth… Akademiese artikel16 Jun 2026
   Religion and Theology
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2025

1. A Neuroscientific Image of Human Beings Worth Standing Up For: The Nested Assumptions of 'You Are (Not) Your Brain' Within the neuroscience of consciousness there are two incompatible views of human beings: you are your brain (neurocentric) and you are not your brain but you have a brain (humanistic). Neurocentric views are trapped i… Akademiese artikel1 Feb 2025
   Journal of Consciousness Studies
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2024

1. You Are (Not) Your Brain: Incompatible Images of Human Beings in The Neurosciences On an unprecedented scale, contemporary neuroscience confronts us with claims about our essential nature as human beings. These vary from you are your brain to you have no free will. Despite the prevalence of these clai… Akademiese artikel13 Feb 2024
   Phronimon

2023

1. Your Brain Makes You Do It This article contains a critical reflection of the neuroscientific research of Benjamin Libet which claims that free will does not exist and that it is your brain and not you that takes decisions. The Libetian style res… Akademiese artikel16 Aug 2023
   Religion and Theology
   By die uitgewer ↗

2020

1. PAUL’S DAMASCUS EXPERIENCE AS REFLECTED IN GALATIANS 1: CALL OR CONVERSION? Akademiese artikel deur Pieter F. Craffert, verskyn in Scriptura (2020). Akademiese artikel1 Aug 2020
   Scriptura
   By die uitgewer ↗

2019

1. Towards a Post-colonial Reflection on Shaman and Shamanism as Conceptual Tools in Biblical Studies The almost complete absence of any reference to the terms shaman and shamanism in Biblical Studies has its roots in the historical prejudice in Western scholarship against them, and originated from colonial ethnocentris… Akademiese artikel10 Des 2019
   Religion and Theology
   By die uitgewer ↗
2. The supernatural Boekhoofstuk deur Pieter F. Craffert, verskyn in The Supernatural After the Neuro-turn (2019). Boekhoofstuk10 Sep 2019
   The Supernatural After the Neuro-turn
   By die uitgewer ↗
3. Embodied experiences and the neurobiological, cognitive and psychological production of ghosts Boekhoofstuk deur Pieter F. Craffert, verskyn in The Supernatural After the Neuro-turn (2019). Boekhoofstuk10 Sep 2019
   The Supernatural After the Neuro-turn
   By die uitgewer ↗
4. Making Sense of Near‐Death Experience Research: Circumstance Specific Alterations of Consciousness The growing body of research on near‐death experiences (NDEs) is an indication of the large number of people claiming such experiences. A surprising feature of the research is that conceptually there is no agreement on … Akademiese artikel1 Mrt 2019
   Anthropology of Consciousness
   By die uitgewer ↗

2018

1. Spirit Possession in Jesus Research Except for demon possession, possession is a neglected and under-researched topic in New Testament studies in general and Jesus research in particular. That is unlike scholars from other disciplines who realise that spi… Akademiese artikel20 Jun 2018
   Religion & Theology
   By die uitgewer ↗
2. Altered States of Consciousness in the Bible Naslaanwerk deur Pieter F. Craffert, verskyn in Oxford Bibliographies in Biblical Studies (2018). Naslaanwerk26 Apr 2018
   Oxford Bibliographies in Biblical Studies
   By die uitgewer ↗

2017

1. Coming to (Terms with) Our Senses: Seeing, Hearing and Smelling the Gods Akademiese artikel deur Pieter F. Craffert, verskyn in Journal of Early Christian History (2017). Akademiese artikel2 Sep 2017
   Journal of Early Christian History
   By die uitgewer ↗
2. Alternate States of Consciousness and Biblical Research Nobody has done more than John Pilch to popularize the use of an ASC model for understanding the visions, sky journeys and other ecstatic experiences reported in biblical texts. He is to be credited for pointing out the… Akademiese artikel1 Mei 2017
   Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture
   By die uitgewer ↗
3. The parables of Jesus the Galilean: stories of a social prophet Akademiese artikel deur Pieter F. Craffert, verskyn in Journal of Early Christian History (2017). Akademiese artikel2 Jan 2017
   Journal of Early Christian History
   By die uitgewer ↗

2015

1. Do out-of-body and near-death experiences point towards the reality of nonlocal consciousness? A critical evaluation In recent years there was a steady flow of academic studies claiming that the mind or consciousness can function independently from a working brain. Such research is presented with great confidence as a scientific break… Akademiese artikel30 Jul 2015
   The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa
2. What does it mean to be possessed by a spirit or demon? Some phenomenological insights from neuro-anthropological research The visible growth in possession and exorcism in Southern Africa can, amongst others, be attributed to the general impression in Christianity that, since Jesus was a successful exorcist, his followers should follow his … Akademiese artikel23 Mrt 2015
   HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies
3. When is an Out-of-Body Experience (Not) an Out-of-Body Experience? Reflections about Out-of-Body Phenomena in Neuroscientific Research In recent years there has been an increased interest in the study of out-of-body experiences (obes) by cognitive and neuro-scientists. Nowadays, far-reaching claims regarding the uncovering of the neural mechanisms and … Akademiese artikel17 Mrt 2015
   Journal of Cognition and Culture
   By die uitgewer ↗

2014

1. Critical neuroscience as an interdisciplinary tool for the investigation of neuro-matters Due to the revolution in the neurosciences and the growth in neuroscientific research, there has been a steady increase of attention on neuro-matters in science, society and culture. The brain and neuroscientific resear… Akademiese artikel30 Apr 2014
   Acta Academica: Critical views on society, culture and politics
   By die uitgewer ↗
2. Orality and Literacy in Early Christianity Akademiese artikel deur Pieter F. Craffert, verskyn in Journal of Early Christian History (2014). Akademiese artikel1 Jan 2014
   Journal of Early Christian History
   By die uitgewer ↗
3. Historical Critical Interpretation is not (Necessarily) Critical Historical Interpretation: Taking Account of the Oral/Aural Conditions of the First-Century Mediterranean World Akademiese artikel deur Pieter F. Craffert, verskyn in Journal of Early Christian History (2014). Akademiese artikel1 Jan 2014
   Journal of Early Christian History
   By die uitgewer ↗
4. Performing ‘The Duty of Discontent’ in Dialogue with Christian Strecker: A Plea for Cross-Cultural Historical Jesus Research This article is a response to the critical evaluation by Christian Strecker of my book, The Life of a Galilean Shaman: Jesus of Nazareth in Anthropological- Historical Perspective (Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2008; hereafter L… Akademiese artikel1 Jan 2014
   Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus
   By die uitgewer ↗

2013

1. HOW HISTORIOGRAPHY CREATES (SOME) BODY: JESUS, THE SON OF DAVID – ROYAL STOCK OR SOCIAL CONSTRUCT? Akademiese artikel deur Pieter F. Craffert, verskyn in Scriptura (2013). Akademiese artikel12 Jun 2013
   Scriptura
   By die uitgewer ↗

2012

1. The Placebo Phenomenon and Well-Being: Notes on the Healing Process as an Evolutionary Adaptive Trait Abstract As biopsychosocial beings, humans have developed numerous mechanisms that regulate and sustain life and well-being, one of which is self-healing. The term placebo response, to be understood as a meaning respons… Akademiese artikel1 Jan 2012
   Religion & Theology
   By die uitgewer ↗

2011

1. Shamanism and the Shamanic Complex The purpose of this article is to introduce biblical interpreters to shamanism and the study of the shamanic complex. The shaman represents an identifiable pattern of religious entrepreneurs with shared practices and be… Akademiese artikel1 Aug 2011
   Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture
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2. Medical anthropology as an antidote for ethnocentrism in Jesus research? Putting the illness–disease distinction into perspective Medicine often has side-effects or unintended consequences that are more harmful than the original disease. Medical anthropology in general and the illness–disease distinction in particular has been introduced into hist… Akademiese artikel6 Jun 2011
   HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

2009

1. Jesus' Resurrection in a Social-Scientific Perspective: Is There Anything New to be Said? Recent overviews confirm that for decades the scholarly debate about Jesus' resurrection have centred on the question whether or not it refers to an actual event in history. Despite an endless stream of publications no … Akademiese artikel1 Jan 2009
   Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus
   By die uitgewer ↗

2008

1. Did Jesus Rise Bodily From the Dead? Yes and no! Did Jesus rise bodily from the dead? Even those who give an affirmative answer to this question do not all agree on the reasons why. According to the Gospels, Jesus's close circle of followers believed in his resurrecti… Akademiese artikel1 Jan 2008
   Religion and Theology
   By die uitgewer ↗

2007

1. New Testament Studies – Preventing or Promoting a Humane Society? Akademiese artikel deur Pieter F. Craffert, verskyn in Religion and Theology (2007). Akademiese artikel1 Jan 2007
   Religion and Theology
   By die uitgewer ↗

2005

1. What on Earth (or in Heaven) Is a Resurrected Body? The Outline of a Historical-Anthropological Answer Boekhoofstuk deur Pieter F. Craffert, verskyn in One Text, Thousand Methods (2005). Boekhoofstuk1 Jan 2005
   One Text, Thousand Methods
   By die uitgewer ↗

2003

1. Crossan's Historical Jesus as Healer, Exorcist and Miracle Worker No single Jesus profile in the last decade has generated more scholarly discussion and public interest than that of John Dominic Crossan. It is, however, not generally emphasised, that in his construction Jesus was also… Akademiese artikel1 Jan 2003
   Religion and Theology
   By die uitgewer ↗
2. Mapping Current South African Jesus Research: the Schweitzerstrasse, the Wredebahn and Cultural Bundubashing Wright'.s well-known distinction between the Schweitzerstrasse (the third questers) and the Wredebahn (the Jesus Seminar) in historical Jesus research is supplemented by a third approach, referred to as cultural bunduba… Akademiese artikel1 Jan 2003
   Religion and Theology
   By die uitgewer ↗

2002

1. 'Seeing' a Body Into Being: Reflections On Scholarly Interpretations of the Nature and Reality of Jesus' Resurrected Body This study is concerned with the rhetoric of inquiry into the nature and reality of Jesus' resurrected body. The current rationalistic debate is analysed in terms of three components: views on the nature of Jesus' resur… Akademiese artikel1 Jan 2002
   Religion and Theology
   By die uitgewer ↗
2. Appropriating Historical Jesus Research in Africa This study starts with a brief overview of the variety of images of Jesus found in African Christianity. African Christianity (like Christianity all over the world) has many ingenious and creative ways of going about th… Akademiese artikel1 Jan 2002
   Religion and Theology
   By die uitgewer ↗

2001

1. Vernuwing in Historiese Jesus-Navorsing The approaches of the Jesus Seminar and the Third Quest to the study of the historical Jesus are compared. Three different aspects are considered: Why is it done?; What is it about? and How is it done? Despite differenc… Akademiese artikel11 Aug 2001
   Verbum et Ecclesia

2000

1. An Exercise in the Critical Use of Models: The “Goodness of Fit” of Wilson’s Sect Model Boekhoofstuk deur Pieter F. Craffert, verskyn in Social Scientific Models for Interpreting the Bible (2000). Boekhoofstuk1 Jan 2000
   Social Scientific Models for Interpreting the Bible
   By die uitgewer ↗

1998

1. Biblical Archaeology as an Academic Discipline in Search of Its Academic Identity While the history of the term 'biblical archaeology' shows that it has no single meaning, debates on the disciplinary status of biblical archaeology point towards its long-standing struggle to define itself as a scholar… Akademiese artikel1 Jan 1998
   Religion and Theology
   By die uitgewer ↗

1996

1. Relationships between Social-Scientific, Literary, and Rhetorical Interpretation of Texts In this essay it is argued that the relationships between critical approaches in Second Testament studies are determined by prior theoretical and philosophical considerations that cause differences within approaches to … Akademiese artikel1 Feb 1996
   Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture
   By die uitgewer ↗

1995

1. Wie sê jy is Jesus? Die dialektiek tussen Christus vandag en Jesus van ouds The publication of John Dominic Crossan's Jesus research prompted discussions not only amongst New Testament scholars, but also amongst theologians and believers. One such example is the volume of essays by Carlson and … Akademiese artikel1 Jan 1995
   Religion and Theology
   By die uitgewer ↗
2. Is the emic-etic distinction a useful tool for cross-cultural interpretation of the New Testament? Nowadays the emic-etic distinction is becoming highly popular in New Testament studies. Whether it is a useful tool for interpreting the New Testament cross-culturally, however, is a question to be answered only after a… Akademiese artikel1 Jan 1995
   Religion and Theology
   By die uitgewer ↗

1994

1. ’n Herdefiniëring van Paulus se konflik in Galasië: Die brief aan die Galasiërs deur die bril van die sosiale wetenskappe Redefining Paul’s conflict in Galatia: The letter to the Galatians through the lense of the social sciences Traditional attempts at identifying Paul’s oppponents in the letter to the Galatians are methodologically stamp… Akademiese artikel23 Jan 1994
   HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

1989

1. Die gesprek tussen AB du Toit en EP Sanders oor Paulus en die Palestynse Judaisme: Die pad vorentoe The debate between AB du Toit and EP Sanders on Paul and Palestinian Judaism: The road ahead The aim of the article is to analyse the underlying structure of the critical reaction of AB du Toit against EP Sanders’s Paul… Akademiese artikel23 Jan 1989
   HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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