christianity Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/tag/christianity/ Dream Research & Education Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:48:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://bulkeley.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/kb-100x100.png christianity Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/tag/christianity/ 32 32 New Dissertations in the Study of Dreams https://bulkeley.org/dissertations-study-dreams/ https://bulkeley.org/dissertations-study-dreams/#respond Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:48:32 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=2725 This year I’ve had the honor of serving as an advisor for three doctoral dissertations in the study of dreams.  Dianne Jackie Frost at Pacifica Graduate Institute, Cynthia S. Sauln at Sofia University, and Mary Walsh at San Francisco Theological Seminary have done highly innovative work in exploring some of the most important and potentially …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/dissertations-study-dreams/feed/ 0 How Not to Raise a Witch https://bulkeley.org/raise-witch/ https://bulkeley.org/raise-witch/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:44:59 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=2667 Many years ago a student told me a story about her childhood dreams that still haunts me.  It’s not a happy story—in fact I find it incredibly sad—but it’s kept me thinking about what we know, and don’t know, about the potentials of dreaming.   Wanda (a pseudonym) was a student in a religious studies …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/raise-witch/feed/ 4 The Distinguishing Features of Big Dreams https://bulkeley.org/distinguishing-features-big-dreams/ https://bulkeley.org/distinguishing-features-big-dreams/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:58:17 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=2398 If someone presented you with two sets of dreams, one of most recent dreams and one of highly memorable dreams, you could predict with a high degree of confidence which type of dream was in which set, based only on word usage frequencies. The set with more references to flying, air, family, animals, fantastic beings, …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/distinguishing-features-big-dreams/feed/ 1 The Art and Science of Dreaming https://bulkeley.org/art/ https://bulkeley.org/art/#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2011 23:05:48 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=1934 Why do we have dreams?  Where do they come from?  What, if anything, do they mean?  These mysterious questions have puzzled humankind since the earliest days of history.  The best answers, I suggest, come from integrating the insights of art and science.  Dreaming is rooted in the physical workings of our brains, and it expresses …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/art/feed/ 0 Religious and Non-Religious People: A Survey of their Dreams https://bulkeley.org/dreams-religious-non-religious/ https://bulkeley.org/dreams-religious-non-religious/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 22:38:44 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=1666 People who are not Christian and not religiously observant report higher dream recall and a higher frequency of most typical dreams. That’s one of the initial findings from a study I’m doing on the demographics of dreaming, based on survey results from 2992 American adults.  Most religious traditions regard dreams as spiritually significant.  But the people who are most …

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]]> https://bulkeley.org/dreams-religious-non-religious/feed/ 6 Dreaming in Christianity and Islam https://bulkeley.org/dreaming-in-christianity-and-islam/ https://bulkeley.org/dreaming-in-christianity-and-islam/#respond Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:35:04 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=1455 At a time when Christianity and Islam appear to be mortal enemies locked in an increasingly bloody “clash of civilizations,” new insights are needed to promote better mutual understanding of the two traditions’ shared values.  Dreaming in Christianity and Islam: Culture, Conflict, and Creativity (edited by Kelly Bulkeley, Kate Adams, and Patricia M. Davis (Rutgers …

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