The Cognitive Neuroscience Of Religious Experience
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The Cognitive Neuroscience Of Religious Experience
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Author : Patrick McNamara
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-06-09
The Cognitive Neuroscience Of Religious Experience written by Patrick McNamara and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-09 with Psychology categories.
An account of the neuroscience of religious experiences for those interested in scientific approaches to religion.
The Neuroscience Of Religious Experience
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Author : Patrick McNamara
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2009-11-06
The Neuroscience Of Religious Experience written by Patrick McNamara and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-06 with Psychology categories.
Technical advances in the life and medical sciences have revolutionised our understanding of the brain, while the emerging disciplines of social, cognitive, and affective neuroscience continue to reveal the connections of the higher cognitive functions and emotional states associated with religious experience to underlying brain states. At the same time, a host of developing theories in psychology and anthropology posit evolutionary explanations for the ubiquity and persistence of religious beliefs and the reports of religious experiences across human cultures, while gesturing toward physical bases for these behaviours. What is missing from this literature is a strong voice speaking to these behavioural and social scientists - as well as to the intellectually curious in the religious studies community - from the perspective of a brain scientist.
The Neuroscience Of Religious Experience
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Author : Patrick McNamara
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2009-11-06
The Neuroscience Of Religious Experience written by Patrick McNamara and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-06 with Psychology categories.
Aimed at researchers and graduate students, this book describes how brain processes support religious expression and provides a current account of the neuroscience of religion.
Cognitive Psychology Of Religion
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Author : Kevin J. Eames
language : en
Publisher: Waveland Press
Release Date : 2016-02-22
Cognitive Psychology Of Religion written by Kevin J. Eames and has been published by Waveland Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-22 with Religion categories.
Is religion all in our heads? Whether you believe that to be true or whether you believe that religion has a corresponding external reality (i.e., God), religion at least begins with our heads, namely the cognitive architecture that predisposes human beings to belief in the sacred supernatural. Cognitive Psychology of Religion explores how research in neuroscience, perception, cognition, child development, social cognition, and cognitive anthropology provides insight into the development of the cognitive faculties of belief that facilitate the transmission of religion. Eames has organized the text into seven chapters that follow a clear and straightforward progression from the different theories of the origin of religion into an exploration on how our minds perceive the environment, form truths, spread beliefs, and take part in various rituals and experiences. Cognitive Psychology of Religion is a concise introduction to the cognitive science of religion and serves as an excellent primary or supplemental text for traditional psychology of religion courses.
The Cognitive Science Of Religion
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Author : James A. Van Slyke
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-03-23
The Cognitive Science Of Religion written by James A. Van Slyke and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-23 with Religion categories.
The cognitive science of religion is a relatively new academic field in the study of the origins and causes of religious belief and behaviour. The focal point of empirical research is the role of basic human cognitive functions in the formation and transmission of religious beliefs. However, many theologians and religious scholars are concerned that this perspective will reduce and replace explanations based in religious traditions, beliefs, and values. This book attempts to bridge the reductionist divide between science and religion through examination and critique of different aspects of the cognitive science of religion and offers a conciliatory approach that investigates the multiple causal factors involved in the emergence of religion.
Religion Neuroscience And The Self
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Author : Patrick McNamara
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-12-23
Religion Neuroscience And The Self written by Patrick McNamara and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-23 with Religion categories.
The purpose of this book is to use neuroscience discoveries concerning religious experiences, the Self and personhood to deepen, enhance and interrogate the theological and philosophical set of ideas known as Personalism. McNamara proposes a new eschatological form of personalism that is consistent with current neuroscience models of relevant brain functions concerning the self and personhood and that can meet the catastrophic challenges of the 21st century. Eschatological Personalism, rooted in the philosophical tradition of "Boston Personalism", takes as its starting point the personalist claim that the significance of a self and personality is not fully revealed until it has reached its endpoint, but theologically that end point can only occur within the eschatological realm. That realm is explored in the book along with implications for personalist theory and ethics. Topics covered include the agent intellect, dreams and the imagination, future-orientation and eschatology, phenomenology of Time, social ethics, Love, the challenge of AI, privacy and solitude and the individual ethic of autarchy. This book is an innovative combination of the neuroscientific and theological insights provided by a Personalist viewpoint. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars of Cognitive Science, Theology, Religious Studies and the philosophy of the mind.
Religion And Critical Psychology
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Author : Jeremy Carrette
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-10-31
Religion And Critical Psychology written by Jeremy Carrette and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-31 with Religion categories.
Jeremy Carrette argues that the psychology of religion is no longer sustainable without a social critique, and that as William James predicted, the project of the modernist psychology of religion has failed. Controversially he champions greater social and philosophical analysis within the field to challenge the political naivety and disciplinary illusions of the traditional approaches to psychology of religion. Carrette discusses the relevance of the social and economic factors surrounding the debates of psychology and religion, through three critical examples: psychoanalysis humanistic psychology cognitive neuroscience. A Critical Psychology of Religion provides a new dimension to the debates surrounding religious experience. It will be of interest to students and researchers in the fields of critical psychology, religious experience and the psychology of religion and extends an interdisciplinary challenge to the separation of psychology, sociology, politics, economics and religion.
The Wondering Brain
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Author : Kelly Bulkeley
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2005
The Wondering Brain written by Kelly Bulkeley and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Cognition categories.
This book argues that the profounded questions raised by cognitive neuroscience may best be answered through a dialogue with religion.
Studying The Religious Mind
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Author : Armin W. Geertz
language : en
Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)
Release Date : 2022
Studying The Religious Mind written by Armin W. Geertz and has been published by Equinox Publishing (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
The cognitive science of religion does not have its own methodology, and yet from the very beginnings of the discipline, methodology has defined it not only in relation to the general study of religion in the humanities but also to the sciences interested in the mind. Scholars of the cognitive science of religion are using a range of methodologies, borrowing mostly from the cognitive sciences and experimental psychology, but also from biology, archaeology, history, philosophy, linguistics, the social and statistical sciences, neurosciences, and anthropology. In fact, this multi-disciplinarity defines the cognitive science of religion. Such multi-disciplinarity requires hard work and truly interdisciplinary teams, but also continual reflections on and debates about the methodologies being used. In fact, no study of the cognitive science of religion worth its name can rely on only one methodology. Triangulation is standard, but often even more approaches are used.This book consists of selected papers from the Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion and the Journal of Cognitive Historiography. Each chapter demonstrates a particular method or group of methods and how those methods advance our knowledge of the religious mind from the ancient past up to today.
The Wondering Brain
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Author : Kelly Bulkeley
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2005
The Wondering Brain written by Kelly Bulkeley and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Cognition categories.
This book argues that the profounded questions raised by cognitive neuroscience may best be answered through a dialogue with religion.