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Tanya Marie Luhrmann is the Albert Ray Lang Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University, with a courtesy appointment in Psychology. Her work focuses on experiences at the edge of sanity, studying voices, visions, and the supernatural. Luhrmann has conducted ethnographic research on homeless women with psychosis in Chicago and has engaged with individuals in Chennai and Accra who hear voices. Her research extends to fieldwork with evangelical Christians seeking to hear God's voice and Zoroastrians who create mystical faith through practice. Combining ethnographic and experimental methods, she explores how unusual sensory experiences are shaped by social and psychological factors. Her notable works include 'God Talks Back,' which received recognition as a New York Times Notable Book and has published over thirty OpEds. Luhrmann has received numerous awards including the Grawemeyer Prize for Religion and is a fellow of several prestigious societies. Her current projects include the Mind Spirit project, a comparative interdisciplinary initiative funded by Templeton. Luhrmann is dedicated to understanding how perceptions of the mind influence interpretations of spiritual and supernatural experiences across diverse cultural contexts.
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