The new frontier of religion and science: religious experience, neuroscience, and the transcendent
This is the first major response to the new challenge of neuroscience to religion. There have been limited responses from a purely Christian point of view, but this takes account of eastern as well as western forms of religious experience. It challenges the prevailing naturalistic assumption of our...
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| Tipo di documento: | Stampa Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
| Verificare la disponibilità: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Basingstoke [u.a.]
Palgrave Macmillan
2006
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| In: | Anno: 2006 |
| Edizione: | 1. publ. |
| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Psicologia della religione
B Neuroscienze / Religione B Esperienza religiosa / Neuropsicologia B Epistemologia / Scienze naturali / Epistemologia teologica |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Religion and science
B Religione Philosophy B Experience (Religion) B Neurosciences B Psychology and religion B Religione B Transcendence (Philosophy) B Neurosciences Religious aspects B Psychology, Religious B Religions |
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| Riepilogo: | This is the first major response to the new challenge of neuroscience to religion. There have been limited responses from a purely Christian point of view, but this takes account of eastern as well as western forms of religious experience. It challenges the prevailing naturalistic assumption of our culture, including the idea that the mind is either identical with or a temporary by-product of brain activity. It also discusses religion as institutions and religion as inner experience of the Transcendent, and suggests a form of spirituality for today. |
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| Descrizione del documento: | Formerly CIP Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Descrizione fisica: | XII, 228 S., 22cm |
| ISBN: | 0-230-50770-0 0-230-50771-9 978-0-230-50770-8 978-0-230-50771-5 |
