Religious and Spiritual Experiences

ISBN-13: 9781107000087 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 320 str.

Wesley J Wildman

Opis

Offers an interpretation of a diverse variety of religious and spiritual experiences, based on their neurological features and internal qualities.

Spis treści

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Exploring a strange yet familiar landscape: a strategy for interpreting religious and spiritual experiences; 2. Spirituality and the brain: a revolutionary scientific approach to religious and spiritual experiences; 3. A smorgasbord of dangers and delights: the phenomenology of religious and spiritual experiences; 4. Gateway to ultimacy: the importance of intense experiences; 5. Can you trust your instincts? The cognitive reliability of religious and spiritual experiences; 6. The brain-group nexus: the social power of religious and spiritual experiences; 7. Make it start, make it stop! Religious and spiritual experiences in the future; 8. Brains in bodies, persons in groups, and religion in nature: an integrative interpretation of religious and spiritual experiences; Glossary of key terms; Works cited.