Neurology Meets Theology: Charles Sherrington’s Gifford Lectures Then and Now

Charles Scott Sherrington (1857–1952) is widely acclaimed as the most important neurophysiologist in history. He became a legend in his own time, coined the term “synapse”, and in 1932 received the Nobel Prize in medicine for his discoveries on the function of neurons. By the time he presented the G...

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Main Author: Flannery, Michael A. 1953- (Author)
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 10
Further subjects:B Neurology
B hylomporphism
B Wilder Penfield
B Process theology
B mind / body problem
B John C. Eccles
B Natural Theology
B Ragnar Granit
B Albert Einstein
B Neurotheology
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