Has science displaced the soul? : debating love and happiness / Kevin Sharpe with Rebecca Bryant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharpe, Kevin J., author.

Bryant, Rebecca, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Happiness--Religious aspects.

Happiness.

Love--Religious aspects.

Love.

Psychology and religion.

Evolutionary psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland ; Oxford, England : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Can science explain powerful human emotions such as love and happiness? Or, are these emotions something more than the action of biochemicals and electrical impulses? Science is constantly uncovering the mysteries of our nature, but we are uneasy about submitting our most intimate feelings to its scrutiny. Unflinching in facing these issues, Kevin Sharpe provides a clear and current summary of the discoveries of science and what our spiritual lives still have to offer in the ongoing effort to understand our deepest urges. In the 21st century, is it necessary to discard our traditional beliefs

Contents:

Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter I: Happiness and Spiritual Traditions; Chapter 2: Happiness and Contemporary Science; Interlude I: An Unhappy Conflagration; Chapter 3: Love and Spiritual Traditions; Chapter 4: Love and Contemporary Science; Interlude 2: An Unloving Conflagration; Chapter 5: Evolutionary Psychology: A Science Background; Chapter 6: Evolutionary Psychology: A Spiritual Background; Interlude 3: Philip Hefner's Conflagration Band-Aid; Interlude 4: Ted Peters' Conflagration Band-Aid; Chapter 7: Divine Projections; Chapter 8: Scientific Hypotheses

Interlude 5: Happiness, Love, and the DivineNotes; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4616-6539-6

OCLC:

889674879