The New Frontier of Religion and Science. Religious Experience, Neuroscience, and the Transcendent.

Hick, John Harwood

ISBN 10: 0230507700 / ISBN 13: 9780230507708

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

About this Item

This is the first major response to the challenge of neuroscience to religion. It considers eastern forms of religious experience as well as Christian viewpoints and challenges the idea of a mind identical to, or a by-product of, brain activity. It explores religion as inner experience of the Transcendent, and suggests a modern spirituality. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HRLK; PSAN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398. . 2006. Hardback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The New Frontier of Religion and Science. Religious Experience, Neuroscience, and the Transcendent.
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230507700
• ISBN 13: 9780230507708
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This is the first major response to the challenge of neuroscience to religion. It considers eastern forms of religious experience as well as Christian viewpoints and challenges the idea of a mind identical to, or a by-product of, brain activity. It explores religion as inner experience of the Transcendent, and suggests a modern spirituality.

About the Author

JOHN HICK is a world-renowned philosopher of religion. He is the author of numerous books, translated into sixteen languages. He has taught in Britain and the United States and lectured in many countries. His Gifford Lectures, An Interpretation of Religion, received the Grawemeyer Award for new religious thinking.