The "God" part of the brain : a scientific interpretation of human spirituality and God /
Alper, Matthew.
Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks,
c2006.
"Originally published in 1996 by Rogue Press"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-264) and index.
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.
Psychology, Religious.
Brain