Minds, brains, souls and gods : a conversation on faith, psychology and neuroscience / Malcolm Jeeves.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jeeves, Malcolm A., 1926- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology and religion.

Christianity.

Psychology, Religious.

Neurosciences--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Neurosciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2013].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this hypothetical correspondence, Malcolm Jeeves urges Christian students to enter the brave new world of neuroscience ready to have their faith examined and their experiences of God put to the test. When we do this, he argues, being mindful of oversimplifications as we go, the integration of Christianity and psychology becomes possible.

Contents:

1. What is psychology, and how should we approach it?

2. What is the relationship between the mind and the brain?

3. How free am I?: Free will and determinism

4. Determinism, genetics and the "God gene"

5. Have Benjamin Libet's experiments exploded the free-will myth?

6. But is it all in the brain?" The emergence of social neuroscience

7. But what about the soul?

8. Don't parapsychology and near-death experiences prove the existence of the soul? 9. What make us human?: The development of evolutionary psychology

10. Are humans different?: What about morality in animals?

11. What is the difference between altruism, altruistic love and agape?

12. Does language uniquely define us as humans?

13. Does my brain have a "God spot"?

14. Does God guide and direct us?

15. Does neuropsychology have anything to offer psychotherapy and counseling?

16. Are religious beliefs the twenty-first century opium of the people?: What about placebo effects?

17. What about spirituality?: Is it a separate "religious" part of me?

18. Can science "explain away" religion?

19. Where next?

Appendix.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780830839988

9780830895625

0830895620

OCLC:

861525677