The Cognitive Neuroscience of Religious Experience: Decentering and the Self

ISBN-13: 9781108977890 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Patrick McNamara

Opis

An account of the neuroscience of religious experiences for those interested in scientific approaches to religion.

Recenzje

'This book is THE place to go for reliable, up-to-date information about the cognitive neuroscience of religious and spiritual experiences. It is tricky territory and Patrick McNamara is the world's best guide, by far.' Wesley J. Wildman, Boston University and the Center for Mind and Culture, USA

Spis treści

Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: assumptions and reasons; 2. On decentering; 3. On the self and the divided self; 4. The cultural and evolutionary background to the neuroscience of religion; 5. Neurology of religious experiences; 6. Psychedelics and religious experiences; 7. Mystical experiences; 8. Religious experiences and transformative experiences; 9. Supernatural agents and god concepts; 10. Ritual; 11. Religious language; 12. Group effects and religion.