T M Luhrmann: 2 books
When God Talks Back
Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
How does God become and remain real for modern evangelicals? How are rational, sensible people of faith able to experience the presence of a powerful yet invisible being and sustain that belief in an environment of overwhelming skepticism? T. M. Luhrmann, an anthropologist trained in psychology and...
Of Two Minds
An Anthropologist Looks at American Psychiatry
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2011
In this groundbreaking book, Tanya Luhrmann -- among the most admired of young American anthropologists -- brings her acute intelligence and her sophisticated powers of observation to bear on the world of psychiatry. On the basis of extensive interviews with patients and doctors, as well as day-to-day...