Overview
Does religious experience come from God, or is it just the random firing of neurons in the brain? Drawing on brain research on Carmelite nuns that has attracted major media attention and provocative new research in near-death experiences, The Spiritual Brain proves that genuine, life-changing spiritual events can be documented. The authors make a convincing case for what many in science are loathe to consider--that it is God who creates our spiritual experiences, not the brain. Challenging the conclusions of such books as Richard Dawkins's The God Delusion and Daniel C. Dennett's Breaking the Spell, this book will be of interest to readers on both sides of a hot-button issue at the meeting place of science and faith.
Full Product Details
Author: Mario Beauregard ,
PhD ,
Denyse O'Leary ,
Patrick Girard Lawlor
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Imprint: Tantor Audio
Edition: Unabridged edition
ISBN: 9798200140060
Publication Date: 03 December 2007
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"The material is heady, but narrator Patrick Lawlor keeps the experience pleasant with an enthusiastic tone that is appropriately tinged with wonder.-- ""AudioFile"""
The material is heady, but narrator Patrick Lawlor keeps the experience pleasant with an enthusiastic tone that is appropriately tinged with wonder.-- ""AudioFile""
Author Information
Mario Beauregard is an associate professor in the Departments of Radiology and Psychology at the Universite de Montreal (Canada), where he earned his PhD in neuroscience. He has held postdoctoral positions at the University of Texas Medical School and McGill University. Beauregard's research concerns the neural substrate underlying self-consciousness, volition, and emotion regulation with the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), positron emission tomography (PET), and multichannel EEG. Other major research interests involve the mind-brain question and the neurobiology of spiritual transformation. Denyse O'Leary is a Canadian journalist based in Toronto who writes on topics related to science, religion, and faith. She is the author of several books, including Faith and Science: Why Science Needs Faith in the Twenty-First Century. The faith and science columnist for ChristianWeek, O'Leary has also contributed articles for Christianity Today, Faith Today, and Christian Times. Patrick Lawlor, an award-winning narrator, is also an accomplished stage actor, director, and combat choreographer. He has worked extensively off Broadway and has been an actor and stuntman in both film and television. He has been an Audie Award finalist multiple times and has garnered several AudioFile Earphones Awards, a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award, and many starred audio reviews from Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews.
