The spiritual brain
By: Mario Beauregard and Denyse O'Leary.
Contributors: O'Leary, Denyse.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
Published: 2007
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780060858834
Subjects: Psychology, Religious; Brain -- Religious aspects; Theological anthropology; Human beings; Neurosciences; Spirituality
Description: Draws on high-profile brain and near-death-experience research to present a case for God's existence as indicated by neuroscience, arguing that God, rather than brain neurons, is directly responsible for creating spiritual experiences.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Toward a spiritual neuroscience; title: The God program; title: is there such a program?; title: The God module; title: does it even exist?; title: The strange case of the God helmet; title: Are mind and brain identical?; title: Toward a non-materialist science of mind; title: Who has mystical experiences? what triggers them?; title: Do RSMEs change lives?; title: The Carmelite studies : a new direction?; title: Did God create the brain or does the brain create God?