Our Religious Brains: What Cognitive Science Reveals about Belief, Morality, Community and our Relationship with God - Couverture souple

D. Mecklenburger, Ralph

 
9781459651968: Our Religious Brains: What Cognitive Science Reveals about Belief, Morality, Community and our Relationship with God
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ISBN 10 : 1459651960 ISBN 13 : 9781459651968
Editeur : ReadHowYouWant, 2013

Synopsis

A Revolution in Human Self - Understanding Is Underway -
What Does It Mean for Religion and Our Belief in God?
''The brain and consciousness are themselves awe - inspiring. So learning about them no more undermines religion than learning about how symphonies and paintings are crafted takes away from our appreciation of music and art. Science alone does not provide the ultimate answers or firmly rooted values for which we yearn. But religion alone does not have all the answers either. We are blessed, as moderns, with both.''
- from the Introduction
This is a groundbreaking, accessible look at the implications of cognitive science for religion and theology, intended for laypeople. Avoiding neurological jargon and respectful to all faiths, it examines:
Current theory on how our brains construct our world in order to guide us safely through life, creating and appreciating meaning as we go.
What religious experience is as it plays out in our brains.
How modern science challenges historic ideas about free will and undermines the religious concept of the soul as a meta - physical entity separable from the body.
What cognitive science reveals about our need for community.
Why we should be loyal to one faith if, in fact, all major religious traditions deal effectively with universal human needs.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A Revolution in Human Self - Understanding Is Underway -
What Does It Mean for Religion and Our Belief in God?
''The brain and consciousness are themselves awe - inspiring. So learning about them no more undermines religion than learning about how symphonies and paintings are crafted takes away from our appreciation of music and art. Science alone does not provide the ultimate answers or firmly rooted values for which we yearn. But religion alone does not have all the answers either. We are blessed, as moderns, with both.''
- from the Introduction
This is a groundbreaking, accessible look at the implications of cognitive science for religion and theology, intended for laypeople. Avoiding neurological jargon and respectful to all faiths, it examines:
Current theory on how our brains construct our world in order to guide us safely through life, creating and appreciating meaning as we go.
What religious experience is as it plays out in our brains.
How modern science challenges historic ideas about free will and undermines the religious concept of the soul as a meta - physical entity separable from the body.
What cognitive science reveals about our need for community.
Why we should be loyal to one faith if, in fact, all major religious traditions deal effectively with universal human needs.

Biographie de l'auteur

""Ralph D. Mecklenburger speaks nationally on topics related to science and religion, Judaism and Jewish-Christian dialogue. He is rabbi at Beth-El Congregation in Fort Worth, Texas, an adjunct faculty member at Brite Divinity School, and has served as the Jewish co-chair of the Texas Conference of Churches' Jewish-Christian Forum. Dr. Howard Kelfer is a neurologist and former director of neurology at Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. He maintains an active practice in critical care neurology and an interest in cognitive neuroscience. Dr. Neil Gillman, emeritus professor of Jewish philosophy at The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, is a rabbi and author of many award-winning books that help us understand our relationship with God. ""

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Éditeur
ReadHowYouWant
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1459651960
ISBN 13 
9781459651968
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
300
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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