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Where God and Science Meet - How Brain and Evolutionary Studies Alter Our Understanding of Religion [3 volumes] (Hardcover, New)
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Where God and Science Meet - How Brain and Evolutionary Studies Alter Our Understanding of Religion [3 volumes] (Hardcover, New)
Series: Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality
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Spiritual practices, or awakenings, have an impact on brain, mind
and personality. These changes are being scientifically predicted
and proven. For example, studies show Buddhist priests and
Franciscan nuns at the peak of religious feelings show a functional
change in the lobes of their brain. Similar processes have been
found in people with epilepsy, which Hippocrates called "the sacred
disease." New research is showing that not only does a person's
brain activity change in particular areas while that person is
experiencing religious epiphany, but such events can be created for
some people, even self-professed atheists, by stimulating various
parts of the brain. In this far-reaching and novel set, experts
from across the nation and around the world present evolutionary,
neuroscientific, and psychological approaches to explaining and
exploring religion, including the newest findings and evidence that
have spurred the fledgling field of neurotheology. It is not the
goal of neurotheology to prove or disprove the existence of God,
but to understand the biology of spiritual experiences. Such
experiences seem to exist outside time and space - caused by the
brain for some reason losing its perception of a boundary between
physical body and outside world - and could help explain other
intangible events, such as altered states of consciousness,
possessions, alien visitations, near-death experiences and
out-of-body events. Understanding them - as well as how and why
these abilities evolved in the brain - could also help us
understand how religion contributes to survival of the human race.
Eminent contributors to this set help us answer questions
including: How does religion better our brainfunction? What is the
difference between a religious person and a terrorist who kills in
the name of religion? Is there one site or function in the brain
necessary for religious experience?
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