Theology, evolution and the mind / edited by Neil Spurway.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Spurway, Neil, 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human evolution--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Human evolution.

Mind and body.

Brain--Evolution.

Brain.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In pre-scientific thought mind itself, and its religious perceptions particularly, were considered gifts from God, injected into a previously created world of matter. By contrast, all the contributors to this book accept an evolutionary account of life, mind and its religious dispositions. However they hold more divergent views on the relation of mind to body and brain, on the validity of those religious dispositions, and on how far even Christ, and his predicted Second Coming, may be seen as...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; THE SCIENCE AND RELIGION FORUM; INTRODUCTION; PART 1; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; PART 2; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4438-1016-9

OCLC:

830167801