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New Biology of Religion
Michael Steinberg
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Description for New Biology of Religion
Hardcover. This study provides a fresh look at the debate between science and religion that documents how the experiences produced by spiritual practice are surprisingly consistent with the findings of modern biology, despite the difficulty in reconciling scientific theories and religious dogma. Num Pages: 221 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
This study provides a fresh look at the debate between science and religion that documents how the experiences produced by spiritual practice are surprisingly consistent with the findings of modern biology, despite the difficulty in reconciling scientific theories and religious dogma. This book is unique in its focus on bodily experience as an independent source of knowledge and insight, an important aspect of recent discoveries in neurology and psychology. By rethinking what it is to be human and what role self-consciousness plays, it finds striking points of intersection between science and religion and challenges readers to rediscover their spiritual connections ... Read more
This study provides a fresh look at the debate between science and religion that documents how the experiences produced by spiritual practice are surprisingly consistent with the findings of modern biology, despite the difficulty in reconciling scientific theories and religious dogma. This book is unique in its focus on bodily experience as an independent source of knowledge and insight, an important aspect of recent discoveries in neurology and psychology. By rethinking what it is to be human and what role self-consciousness plays, it finds striking points of intersection between science and religion and challenges readers to rediscover their spiritual connections ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781440802843
SKU
V9781440802843
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About Michael Steinberg
Michael Steinberg is the author of The Fiction of a Thinkable World: Body, Meaning, and the Culture of Capitalism.
Reviews for New Biology of Religion
Steinberg, an independent scholar and attorney, presents a lively case for revisioning one's conception of both religion and biology along non-Western (mainly Eastern) lines. . . . Summing Up: Recommended. General readers.
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