Soul, Psyche, Brain is a collection of essays that address the relationships between neuroscience, religion and human nature. Kelly Bulkeley's book highlights some startling new developments in neuroscience that have many people rethinking spirituality, the mind-body connection, and cognition in general. Soul, Psyche, Brain explores questions like: what can knowledge about the neurological activities of the brain tell us about consciousness? And what are the practical implications of brain-mind science for ethics and moral reasoning?
Genes, Brains, Minds: The Human Complex; H.Rolston III
From Chaos to Self-Organization: The Brain, Dreaming, and Religious Experience; D.Kahn
Brain, Mind, and Spirit - A Clinician's Perspective, or, Why I Am Not Afraid of Dualism; J.W.Jones
Overcoming an Impoverished Ontology: Candrakirti on Buddhism and the Mind-Brain Problem; R.K.Payne
Cognitive Science and Christian Theology; C.Burns
Brain Science on Ethics: The Neurobiology of Making Choices; W.J.Freeman
Attention, Meta-Cognition, and Zen: Where Neurocognition Meets the Master; T.Kahan, M.Freeland & P.Simone
Converting: Toward a Cognitive Theory of Religious Change; P.Davis & L.Rambo
Anomalous Phenomena in Psychology and Religion; S.Krippner
The Psychology of Ultimate Concerns; R.Emmons
Dreaming the Future of Religion and Brain-Mind Science; K.Bulkeley
Religion out of Mind: The Ideology of Cognitive Science and Religion; J.Carrette
KELLY BULKELEY, Ph.D., teaches Religion and Psychology at San Francisco Theological Seminary and at Santa Clara University, USA. He is a former President of the Association for the Study of Dreams and is the author of several books on dreams.
Description
Soul, Psyche, Brain is a collection of essays that address the relationships between neuroscience, religion and human nature. Kelly Bulkeley's book highlights some startling new developments in neuroscience that have many people rethinking spirituality, the mind-body connection, and cognition in general. Soul, Psyche, Brain explores questions like: what can knowledge about the neurological activities of the brain tell us about consciousness? And what are the practical implications of brain-mind science for ethics and moral reasoning?
Contents
Genes, Brains, Minds: The Human Complex; H.Rolston III
From Chaos to Self-Organization: The Brain, Dreaming, and Religious Experience; D.Kahn
Brain, Mind, and Spirit - A Clinician's Perspective, or, Why I Am Not Afraid of Dualism; J.W.Jones
Overcoming an Impoverished Ontology: Candrakirti on Buddhism and the Mind-Brain Problem; R.K.Payne
Cognitive Science and Christian Theology; C.Burns
Brain Science on Ethics: The Neurobiology of Making Choices; W.J.Freeman
Attention, Meta-Cognition, and Zen: Where Neurocognition Meets the Master; T.Kahan, M.Freeland & P.Simone
Converting: Toward a Cognitive Theory of Religious Change; P.Davis & L.Rambo
Anomalous Phenomena in Psychology and Religion; S.Krippner
The Psychology of Ultimate Concerns; R.Emmons
Dreaming the Future of Religion and Brain-Mind Science; K.Bulkeley
Religion out of Mind: The Ideology of Cognitive Science and Religion; J.Carrette
Authors
KELLY BULKELEY, Ph.D., teaches Religion and Psychology at San Francisco Theological Seminary and at Santa Clara University, USA. He is a former President of the Association for the Study of Dreams and is the author of several books on dreams.
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