Eugene D'Aquili, Andrew B Newberg

The Mystical Mind

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"How does the mind experience the sacred? What biological mechanisms are involved in mystical states and trances? Is there a neurological basis for patterns in comparative religions? Does religion have an evolutionary function?"--BOOK JACKET. "This pioneering work by two leading medical researchers explores the neurophysiology of religious experience. Mapping the basic functions of the brain, the authors focus on structures most relevant to human experience, emotion, and cognition. On this basis they plot just how the brain is involved in mystical experiences. Successive chapters employ this understanding to explore mythmaking, ritual and liturgy, meditation, near-death experiences, and theology itself. Original, daring, and widely acclaimed, the authors' research bears exciting implications for philosophy, science, and the future of religion itself."--BOOK JACKET.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780800631635
• ISBN-10: 0800631633
• Artikelnr.: 21023425

Autorenporträt

The late Eugene d'Aquili, M.D., Ph.D., was, until his recent death, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. A pioneer in neurological research of religion, he published in the area for twenty-five years.