Why God won't go away :brain science and the biology of belief /Andrew Newberg, Eugene G. d'Aquili, and Vince Rause.
Description
A photograph of God?: an introduction to the biology of belief -- Brain machinery: the science of perception -- Brain architecture: how the brain makes the mind -- Myth-making: the compulsion to create stories and beliefs -- Ritual: the physical manifestation of meaning -- Mysticism: the biology of transcendence -- The origins of religion: the persistence of a good idea -- Realer than real: the mind in search of absolutes -- Why God won't go away: the metaphor of God and the mythology of science.
v, 234 p. :ill. ;21 cm.
Book Details
Author
Newberg, Andrew B.
Place Published
City
New York
Date Published
2002
Publication Subjects
Psychology, Religious.
Brain.
Belief and doubt.
God.
Call No.
BF733 .N49 2002
ISBN
034544034X
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-223) and index.