Conceiving God : perversions and brainstorms : a thesis on the origins of human religiosity / by Ioannis Tsoukalas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tsoukalas, Ioannis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religiousness.

Transcendence of God.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (142 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents a novel explanation for the emergence of the God-concept and human religiosity. In so doing it makes creative use of the most recent findings in anthropology, neurology and psychology. At the center of this explanation is the fact that

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; HUMAN EVOLUTION AND CULTURE; TRIANGULATING GOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL INTERSECTIONS; THE NATURAL HISTORY OF A SUPERNATURAL CONCEPT; THE MARKS OF RELIGION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; NOTES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]-115) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-58521-5

9786612585210

1-4438-1808-9

OCLC:

647089179