Prof. Dr. Pieter F. Craffert

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsHuman Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience,Social and Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology,Biological Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
KeywordsWestern Cape, non-ordinary experiences, humanistic anthropology, consciousness, neuroscience of consciousness

Current contact address

CountrySouth Africa
CityBellville
InstitutionUniversity of South Africa (UNISA)
InstituteDepartment of Biblical and Ancient Studies

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Gerd TheißenWissenschaftlich-Theologisches Seminar, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas FuchsKlinik für Allgemeine Psychiatrie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/1999

Programme(s)

1998Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2024Craffert, PF: The fabric(ation) of consciousness: a neuro-ecological perspective. Aosis, 2024
2024Craffert, PF: You Are (not) Your Brain: Incompatible Images of Human Beings in the Neurosciences. In: Phronimon, 2024, 1-17
2023Craffert, PF: Your Brain Makes You Do It: A Critical Reflection on the Libetian Denial of Free Will. In: Religion & Theology, 30, 2023, 124-153
2019Craffert, PF: The Supernatural: A Range of Neurocultural Phenomena. In: Craffert, PF, Baker, JR and Winkelman, MJ (eds) The Supernatural After the Neuro-Turn. London: Routledge., 2019. 12-28
2019Craffert, PF: Embodied Experiences and the Neurobiological, Cognitive and Psychological Production of Ghosts. In: Craffert, PF, Baker, JR and Winkelman, MJ (eds) The Supernatural After the Neuro-Turn. London: Routledge., 2019. 107-126
2019Craffert, PF: Making Sense of Near-Death Experience Research: Circumstance Specific Alterations of Consciousness. In: Anthropology of Consciousness, 30, 2019, 64-89
2019Craffert, PF, Baker, J R and M J Winkelman (eds): The Supernatural After the Neuro-Turn. London: Routledge., 2019
2019Craffert, PF: Towards a Post-Colonial Reflection on Shaman and Shamanism as Conceptual Tools in Biblical Studies. In: Religion & Theology, 26, 2019, 1-41
2008Pieter F. Craffert: The Life of a Galilean Shaman: Jesus of Nazareth in Anthropological-Historical Perspective. . Cascade Books, 2008
2007Pieter F. Craffert: Neutestamentliche Forschung nach der Revolution in den Neurowissenschaften: Ungewoenliche menschliche Erfahrungen ins Bewuststsein rufen. In: Theissen G Van Gemuenden P, Erkennen und Erleben: Beitrage zur psychologischen Erforschung des fruehen Christentums . Gutersloh Verlag, 2007. 91-117