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"Many of us have endless questions about faith, spirituality, and the place of religious thinking in the world. But one central question - perhaps the central question - about religion has remained strangely inaccessible: Why do we have it at all? Until recently, if you'd asked this of most anthropologists, they'd have told you that the question was ill-formulated and too vague to be of scientific interest." "In fact, the intellectual tools for thinking...

Shermer demonstrates how our brains selectively assess data in an attempt to confirm the conclusions (beliefs) we've already reached. Drawing on evolution, cognitive science, and neuroscience, he considers not only supernatural beliefs but political and economic ones as well.

"Looking at a broad spectrum of religions, Webb examines the relation between religion and modernity and explores what psychological analysis reveals about the relationship between stages of psychological development and ways of being religious that range from closed-minded to open-minded tolerance"--Provided by publisher.

If neurotheology is to be considered a viable field, it requires a set of clear principles that can be agreed upon and supported by both the theological or religious perspective and the scientific one. This book sets out the necessary principles of neurotheology which can be used as a foundation for future neurotheological discourse.

A noted philosopher and member of the Institute for Cognitive and Brain Science examines flaws in current understandings about consciousness while proposing a radical solution that argues that consciousness must not be limited to the confines of the brain.

Michael Argyle's book is a clear and accessible introduction to the psychology of religion. One of the world's most famous psychologists, Argyle ranges over the whole of psychology to look at the results of psychology's study of religion including those of his own important experiments. Psychology and Religion is full of fascinating and surprising insights into people and their religious worlds.