A new biology of religion
Subtitle: spiritual practice and the life of the body
By: Michael Steinberg
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781440802843; 9781440802850
Subjects: Religion; Philosophy; Experience (Religion)
Description: "The conflict between science and religion seems to be no closer to resolution today than it was when Darwin published "The origin of species" in the late 19th century. This book finds a way out of that impasse, rejecting both religious doctrines and the model of the mind-as-a-computer that most contemporary critics of religion embrace. It finds common ground between religious practice and modern advances in science, and it presents a case for the centrality of religion as a human practice." -- Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Should we abolish religion?; title: Those who come to mock; title: Getting past post-Christianity; title: Every body is a mind of its own; title: I don't make the news, i just report it; title: Self-awareness is a very dangerous gift; title: This text will self-destruct; title: The body speaks, the mind listens; title: Both perfect and broken.