The neuroscience of religious experience /
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| Author / Creator: | McNamara, Patrick, 1956- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2009. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 301 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11814609 |
| Summary: | Technical advances in the life and medical sciences have revolutionised our understanding of the brain, while the emerging disciplines of social, cognitive, and affective neuroscience continue to reveal the connections of the higher cognitive functions and emotional states associated with religious experience to underlying brain states. At the same time, a host of developing theories in psychology and anthropology posit evolutionary explanations for the ubiquity and persistence of religious beliefs and the reports of religious experiences across human cultures, while gesturing toward physical bases for these behaviours. What is missing from this literature is a strong voice speaking to these behavioural and social scientists - as well as to the intellectually curious in the religious studies community - from the perspective of a brain scientist. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 301 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511605529 0511605528 9780521889582 0521889588 9780511605222 0511605226 9780511603846 0511603843 |