The Mystical Mind
Probing the Biology of Religious Experience (Theology and the Sciences)
by Andrew B. Newberg
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"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?" "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."--Jacket.
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The Mystical Mind: Probing the Biology of Religious Experience (Theology and the Sciences)
August 1999, Augsburg Fortress Publishers
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in English
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0800631633 9780800631635
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"Throughout the ages, human beings have endeavored to understand their place in the universe."
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