Neurology and Religion
Examines what can be learnt about the brain mechanisms underlying religious practice from studying people with neurological disorders.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ Neuropsychology
/ Cognitive science
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Collection of essays
B Neurosciences B Electronic books |
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| Summary: | Examines what can be learnt about the brain mechanisms underlying religious practice from studying people with neurological disorders. Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- References -- Part I The Neurological Study of Religion -- I.I The Natures of Neurology and Religion -- Chapter 1 The Discipline of Neurology -- Chapter 2 The Scientific Study of Religion -- Chapter 3 Methodological Hazards in the Neuroscientific Study of Religion -- I.II Philosophical and Historical Aspects -- Chapter 4 Embodied Cognition and the Neurology of Religion -- Chapter 5 Phenomenology, Neurology, Psychiatry and Religious Commitment -- Chapter 6 Philosophical Hazards in the Neuroscientific Study of Religion -- Chapter 7 The Glass Onion -- Chapter 8 Towards an Islamic Neuropsychiatry: A Classification of the Diseases of the Head in Abūl-Hasan 'Alī ibn Sahl at-Tabarī's Paradise of Wisdom -- Part II Neurology and Religion -- II.I Clinical Conditions -- Chapter 9 Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Dostoyevsky and Irrational Significance -- Chapter 10 Parkinson's Disease, Religious Belief and Spirituality -- Chapter 11 Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Cognitive and Neuropsychological Implications for Religious Disbelief -- Chapter 12 Ramadam Fasting and Neurologic Disorders -- Chapter 13 Autism and the Panoply of Religious Belief, Disbelief and Experience -- Chapter 14 Personhood and Religion in People with Dementia -- Chapter 15 Religion and Frontotemporal Dementia -- II.II Therapy -- Chapter 16 Religion and Spirituality in Neuro-Rehabilitation: A Case Study -- Chapter 17 Eastern Spirituality, Mind-Body Practices and Neuro-Rehabilitation -- II.III Death and the Brain -- Chapter 18 Examining the Continuum of Life to Determine Death: A Jewish Perspective -- Chapter 19 Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences: A Case for Dialogue between Scientist and Theologian? -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 1108770460 |