| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 278 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Genes, brains, minds: the human complex / Holmes Rolston III -- Brain, mind, and spirit--a clinician's perspective, or why I am not afraid of dualism / James W. Jones -- Psychoneurological dimensions of anomalous experience in relation to religious belief and spiritual practice / Stanley Krippner -- Sacred emotions / Robert A. Emmons -- Where neurocognition meets the master: attention and metacognition in Zen / Tracey L. Kahan and Patricia M. Simone -- From chaos to self-organization: the brain, dreaming, and religious experience / David Kahn -- Converting: toward a cognitive theory of religious change / Patricia M. Davis and Lewis R. Rambo -- Cognitive science and Christian theology / Charlene P.E. Burns -- Overcoming an impoverished ontology: Candrakirti and the mind-brain problem / Richard K. Payne -- Religion and brain-mind science: dreaming the future / Kelly Bulkeley -- Religion out of mind: the ideology of cognitive science and religion / Jeremy Carrette -- Brain science on ethics: the neurobiology of making choices / Walter J. Freeman |
| Summary |
Soul, Psyche, Brain is a collection of essays that address the relationships between neuroscience, religion and human nature. The book highlights some startling new developments in neuroscience that have many people rethinking spirituality, the mind-body connection, and cognition in general. Soul, Psyche, Brain explores questions like: What are the neurological effects of meditation and prayer? How does the mind develop psychological and spiritual self-awareness? And what are the practical implications of brain-mind science for religious faith and moral reasoning? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cognitive neuroscience.
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Brain -- Religious aspects.
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Neuropsychology.
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Psychology and religion.
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Neuropsychology
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Brain -- physiology
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Religion and Psychology
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SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science.
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Psychology and religion
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Neuropsychology
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Brain -- Religious aspects
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Cognitive neuroscience
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Cognitie.
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Spiritualiteit.
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Neurofysiologie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bulkeley, Kelly, 1962-
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| LC no. |
2005040552 |
| ISBN |
9781403979230 |
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1403979235 |
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9781403965097 |
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1403965099 |
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1281364509 |
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9781281364500 |
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1403965080 |
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9781403965080 |
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9786611364502 |
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6611364501 |
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