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003			OCoLC
005			20240726105057.0
008			171028s2018 nyua ob 001 0 eng
010			_a2017052056
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020			_a9780231546775 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
042			_apcc
050	1	4	_aQP355 _b.N487 2018
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aNewberg, Andrew B., _d1966- _e1
245	1	0	_aNeurotheology : _bhow science can enlighten us about spirituality / _cAndrew Newberg.
260			_aNew York : _bColumbia University Press, _c(c)2018.
300			_a1 online resource (321 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
520	0		_a"With the advent of the modern cognitive neurosciences, along with anthropological and historical research, the scientific study of religious and spiritual phenomena has become far more sophisticated and wide-ranging. It suggests answers as to how and why religion became so prominent in human societies and in human consciousness. Neurotheology--a term coined by Aldous Huxley in 1962 in his novel Island and introduced into the scientific literature in the 1990s by Newberg and others--explores some of the most controversial positions including the argument that religion was a necessary condition of cohesive societies, morality, and a sense of purpose. The book considers brain development from an evolutionary perspective and assesses how religious and spiritual beliefs and experiences arose and whether such evolutionary evidence eliminates the need for a religious explanation. Newberg demonstrates that religious beliefs and emotions can be both beneficial and detrimental in people's lives. For some, religion provides a means toward compassion, openness, and understanding; others turn to highly destructive acts, as is the case with suicide bombers. What is happening in the brains of such people? Are they pathological? And what of practices such as meditation, prayer, and the ingestion of psychoactive substances? Neuroimaging studies can show how these practices affect people in the moment and over a lifetime. Finally, the book investigates the deeper implications of a neurotheological approach. Does the neuroscientific study of religion negate any or all of the truth claims of religion? How does neurotheology address the "big questions" such as: What is the meaning of life? Why are we here? And what is the true nature of reality?"-- _cProvided by publisher.
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505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tCONTENTS -- _tIntroduction -- _tChapter One. Neurotheology and the Happy Prison of the Brain -- _tChapter Two. What Is Neurotheology? -- _tChapter Three. Neuroscience and Neurotheology -- _tChapter Four. What Is Religion from a Neurotheological Perspective? -- _tChapter Five. What Is Spirituality from a Neurotheological Perspective? -- _tChapter Six. Neurotheology and the Evolution of Religion -- _tChapter Seven. Neurotheology and Psychology -- _tChapter Eight. Brain Pathology and Religion -- _tChapter Nine. Religious Myths and the Brain -- _tChapter Ten. The Ritualizing Brain -- _tChapter Eleven. Religious and Spiritual Practices -- _tChapter Twelve. The Spiritual But Not Religious Brain -- _tChapter Thirteen. Free Will and the Brain -- _tChapter Fourteen. Escaping the Prison of the Brain: Mysticism -- _tChapter Fifteen. The End of Faith and the Beginning of Neurotheology -- _tnotes -- _tindex
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650		0	_aNeurophysiology _xReligious aspects.
650		0	_aBrain _xReligious aspects.
650		0	_aSpirituality.
650		0	_aPsychology, Religious.
650		0	_aReligion and science.
650		0	_aTheology.
650		0	_aNeurosciences.
650	1	2	_aReligion and Science
650	2	2	_aTheology
650	2	2	_aNeurosciences
650	2	2	_aSpirituality
650	2	2	_aBrain _xphysiology
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1725262&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell