Our Religious Brains

This is a groundbreaking, accessible look at the implications of cognitive science for religion and theology, intended for laypeople. Avoiding neurological jargon and respectful to all faiths, it examines: ┬╗ Current theory on how our brains construct our world in order to guide us safely through life, creating and appreciating meaning as we go. ┬╗ What religious experience is as it plays out in our brains. ┬╗ How modern science challenges historic ideas about free will and undermines the religious concept of the soul as a meta-physical entity separable from the body. ┬╗ What cognitive science reveals about our need for community. ┬╗ Why we should be loyal to one faith if, in fact, all major religious traditions deal effectively with universal human needs.