The "God" part of the brain: a scientific interpretation of human spirituality and God
Matthew Alper
The "God" part of the brain: a scientific interpretation of human spirituality and God
المؤلف
Matthew Alperالناشر
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قائمة
شناسنامه
العنوان واسم المؤلف
The "God" part of the brain: a scientific interpretation of human spirituality and God / Matthew Alperبيانات النشر
نیپرویل : Sourcebooks، 2008مالمواصفات الشكلية
372 p.; 02 cm.الموضوع
Psychology, ReligiousBrain Religious aspects
اللغة
انگلیسیملاحظات
"Originally published in 6991 by Rogue Press"--T.p. verso.Includes bibliographical references )p. ]952[-462( and index.
المحتويات
Ch. 1. Throwing rocks at God -- ch. 2. What is science? -- ch. 3. A very brief history of time, or Everything you ever wanted to know about the universe but were afraid to ask -- ch. 4. Kant -- ch. 5. God as word -- ch. 6. Universal behavioral patterns -- ch. 7. The "spiritual" function -- ch. 8. The rationale -- ch. 9. The "spiritual" experience -- ch. 10. Drug-induced God -- ch. 11. The "spiritual" gene -- ch. 12. The prayer function -- ch. 13. Religious conversion -- ch. 14. Why are there atheists? -- ch. 15. Near-death experiences -- ch. 16. Speaking in tongues -- ch. 17. Why is America so religious? : a bio-historical hypothesis -- ch. 18. The guilt and morality functions -- ch. 19. The logic of God : a new "spiritual" paradigm -- ch. 20. What, if anything, is to be gained from a scientific interpretation of human spirituality and God? -- Epilogue. Quest's end -- Addendum. Experiments that might help prove the existence of a spiritual function