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Neurotheology : how science can enlighten us about spirituality /

"With the advent of the modern cognitive neurosciences, along with anthropological and historical research, the scientific study of religious and spiritual phenomena has become far more sophisticated and wide-ranging. It suggests answers as to how and why religion became so prominent in human s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Newberg, Andrew B., 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • Chapter One. Neurotheology and the Happy Prison of the Brain
  • Chapter Two. What Is Neurotheology?
  • Chapter Three. Neuroscience and Neurotheology
  • Chapter Four. What Is Religion from a Neurotheological Perspective?
  • Chapter Five. What Is Spirituality from a Neurotheological Perspective?
  • Chapter Six. Neurotheology and the Evolution of Religion
  • Chapter Seven. Neurotheology and Psychology
  • Chapter Eight. Brain Pathology and Religion
  • Chapter Nine. Religious Myths and the Brain
  • Chapter Ten. The Ritualizing Brain
  • Chapter Eleven. Religious and Spiritual Practices
  • Chapter Twelve. The Spiritual But Not Religious Brain
  • Chapter Thirteen. Free Will and the Brain
  • Chapter Fourteen. Escaping the Prison of the Brain: Mysticism
  • Chapter Fifteen. The End of Faith and the Beginning of Neurotheology
  • notes
  • index