Where God and Science Meet: How Brain and Evolutionary Studies Alter Our Understanding of Religion [3 Volumes]

by Patrick McNamara

Spiritual practices, or awakenings, have an impact on brain, mind and personality. These changes are being scientifically predicted and proven. For example, studies show Buddhist priests and Franciscan nuns at the peak of religious feelings show a functional change in the lobes of their brain. Similar processes have been found in people with epilepsy, which Hippocrates called the sacred disease. New research is showing that not only does a person's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275987884
• ISBN13: 9780275987886
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 930 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"