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The neuroscience of religious experience / Patrick McNamara.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McNamara, Patrick, 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychology, Religious.
- Evolutionary psychology.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Contents:
- God and the self
- On the self and the divided self
- Mechanisms and dynamics of decentering
- Neurology of the self
- Neurology of religious experiences
- Neurochemistry of religiosity
- Self-transformation as a key function of performance of religious practices
- Self-transformation through spirit possession
- God concepts
- Religious language
- Ritual
- Life-span development of religiosity and the self
- The evolution of self and religion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521889582
- 0521889588
- OCLC:
- 318242663
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