Research Catalog

Title

NeuroTheology : brain, science, spirituality, religious experience.

Publication

San Jose, Calif. : University Press, California, c2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

Joseph, Rhawn

Description

639 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Alternative Title

Neuro theology

Subject

• Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
• God
• Evolution
• Life > Origin
• Theology
• Religion
• Brain
• Creation
• Neurosciences
• DNA
• Spirituality
• Spiritualiteit
• Hersenen
• Religieuze ervaring
• Godsbestaan
• Cognitie

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 600-639).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• The death of God / Friederich Nietzsche -- Mythologies of modern science / R. Joseph -- The myth of the big bang / R. Joseph -- Creation science & the myth of the organic soup / R. Joseph -- The death of Darwinism / R. Joseph -- Theogenesis the intelligent universe / William F. Hamilton III -- Brains, science, nonordinary & transcendent experiences / William Braud -- Zen into science / Susan Blackmore -- Bringing "neuro" and "theology" together again / Andrew Newberg -- The Neuropsychology of religion / Scott Atran -- Religious experience, complexification, & the image of God / Carol Rausch Albright -- Interacting cognitive subsystems & religious meanings / Fraser Watts -- A social cognition interpretation of neurotheological events / Raymond F. Paloutzian, Thomas G. Fikes, & Dirk Hutsebaut -- Atheism, religious conversion & the logic of God / Matthew Alper -- The Neuropsychology of aesthetic, spiritual & mystical states / E.G. d'Aquili & Andrew B. Newberg -- Neuro-theology, a rather skeptical perspective / Massimo Pigliucci --
• On the "neuro" in neurotheology / Andrew B. Newberg & Jeremy Iversen -- Experimental simulation of the God experience / Michael A. Persinger -- The evolutionary origins of spiritual consciousness / Matthew Alper -- Evolutionary neurotheology & the varieties of religious experience / Bruce MacLennan -- Paleolithic spiritual evolution / R. Joseph -- Near-death experiences: in or out of the body / Susan Blackmore -- After-death, astral projection, judgment day & the second death / R. Joseph -- Exploring the contours of mind & consciousness through magico-spiritual techniques / Manie Eagar & Enmarie Potgieter -- Drug-induced God / Matthew Alper -- Dreams, spirits and the soul / R. Joseph -- The study of "big dreams" / Kelly Bulkeley -- "Wired" for self-destruction / Matthew Alper -- Sex, violence & religious experience / R. Joseph -- Spiritual helpers & multiple personality disorder / Ralph B. Allison -- Possession & prophecy / R. Joseph -- Anti-Christ, armaggedon, astronomy & the science of religion / R. Joseph.

ISBN

• 0971644586
• 9780971644588

OCLC

• 52305525
• SCSB-12561914

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library