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The wondering brain : thinking about religion with and beyond cognitive neuroscience / Kelly Bulkeley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bulkeley, Kelly, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cognitive neuroscience.
- Psychology, Religious.
- Wonder.
- Neuropsychology.
- Cognition.
- Religion and Psychology.
- Sexual Behavior--psychology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Neuropsychology.
- Cognition.
- Religion and Psychology.
- Sexual Behavior--psychology.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2005.
- Summary:
- The Wondering Brain offers a new integration of religious thought and cognitive neuroscience. By focusing on experiences of wonder-startling encounters with the true, real, and/or beautiful-Kelly Bulkeley shows that human religiosity (and indeed all creative experience) depends on unexpected moments of radical decentering, generating what science calls new consciousness and what religions call divine revelation. The Wondering Brain provides a new foundation for the study of religion and psychology in the 21st century.
- Contents:
- I Spheres of Wonder 3
- II Presidential Proclamation 6158 6
- 1 Dreams and Visions 11
- I The Young Man's Dreams 13
- II "Brain on Fire": A First Look at Cognitive Neuroscience 17
- III "Not My Human Mind": A First Look at Religious Studies 35
- IV The Young Man's Dreams, Anew 43
- 2 Sexual Desire 53
- I Angela Amid the Roses 55
- II Mating Games and Climactic Mysteries 57
- III Sex and the Sacred 67
- Religion and Psychology Interlude I How Freud Fares 82
- IV The Passion of Lester Burnham 93
- 3 Creative Madness 99
- I Teen Spirit 101
- II The Neuroscience of Creativity and Madness 102
- III Religion, Music, and the Brain 110
- Religion and Psychology Interlude II How Jung Fares 126
- IV No Recess 133
- 4 Contemplative Practice 143
- I "Recite!" 145
- II Cognitive Neuroscience on Reality, Consciousness, and Meditation 149
- III Mysticism, Reconsidered 160
- Religion and Psychology Interlude III How James Fares 165
- IV The Satanic Verses 176
- Conclusion: The Evolution of Wonder 183
- I War and Wonder 187
- II The Rainbow 193.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-218) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415938406
- 0415938414
- OCLC:
- 56615641
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