This book describes the study of self-transformation and mystical states through the methods of cognitive neuroscience. It will appeal to anyone interested in the scientific study of religion.
This book describes the study of self-transformation and mystical states through the methods of cognitive neuroscience. It will appeal to anyone interested in the scientific study of religion.
Patrick McNamara is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northcentral University, California. For 20 years he was based at Boston University School of Medicine where he was Associate Professor of Neurology. He has published extensively on the topics of neurology and psychology of religion, including Religion, Neuroscience and the Self: A New Personalism (2020). He is a founding editor of Religion, Brain and Behavior, and co-founder of the Institute for the Biocultural Study of Religion.
Inhaltsangabe
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.
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.
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