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The Neuroscience of Religious Experience Book

Aimed at researchers and graduate students, this book describes how brain processes support religious expression and provides a current account of the neuroscience of...Read More

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  • Book Description

    This book reviews and evaluates current knowledge concerning brain correlates of religious experience and what this knowledge divulges about the nature of religion and the nature of the mind/brain. It presents a view of religion as both an evolutionary product and an emergent generator of cultural artifacts. In three parts, this book covers the basic science and biology of brain research, brain development, and religious experience over the lifespan, in addition to a final section on evolutionary perspectives on the brain and religion.

  • Product Description

    Recent technical advances in the life and medical sciences have revolutionized our understanding of the brain, while the emerging disciplines of social, cognitive, and affective neuroscience continue to reveal the connections of the higher cognitive functions and emotional states associated with religious experience to underlying brain states. At the same time, a host of developing theories in psychology and anthropology posit evolutionary explanations for the ubiquity and persistence of religious beliefs and the reports of religious experiences across human cultures, while gesturing toward physical bases for these behaviors. What is missing from this literature is a strong voice speaking to these behavioral and social scientists - as well as to the intellectually curious in the religious studies community - from the perspective of a brain scientist.

  • 0521889588
  • 9780521889582
  • Patrick McNamara
  • 6 November 2009
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 320
  • 1
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