Why God Won't Go Away
Brain Science and the Biology of Belief
$35.85
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
26 March 2002
Summary
Why have we humans always longed to connect with something larger than ourselves? Even today in our technologically advanced age, more than seventy percent of Americans claim to believe in God. Why, in short, won’t God go away?
In this groundbreaking new book, researchers Andrew Newberg and Eugene d’Aquili offer an explanation that is at once profoundly simple and scientifically precise: the religious impulse is rooted in the biology of the brain.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780345440341 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 034544034X |
| Author: | Andrew Newberg, Eugene G. D'Aquili, Vince Rause |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Ballantine Books Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 26 March 2002 |
| Weight: | 218g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 140mm x 13mm |
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Critics Review
“A wonderful assessment of the brain and its activity when God is experienced.”
–HERBERT BENSON, M.D.,
President, Mind/Body Medical Institute and
Author of The Relaxation Response
“A THRILLING EXPLORATION … Newberg’s reverential attitude toward the great unknowns is reminiscent of Einstein’s.”
–LARRY DOSSEY, M.D.
Author of Reinventing Medicine and Healing Words
About The Author
Andrew Newberg
Andrew B. Newberg, M.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Radiology in the Division of Nuclear Medicine and an instructor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He has spent more than six years studying brain physiology and function, with focus on the neurology of religious and mystical experiences. The co-author, with Dr. Eugene d’Aquili, of The Mystical Mind, Dr. Newberg has presented his work at scientific and religious conferences around the world.
Eugene d’Aquili, M.D., Ph.D., was a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania for twenty years. His numerous books include Biogenetic Structuralism; Brain, Symbol and Experience; and The Mystical Mind. Dr. d’Aquili died in August 1998, before the completion of this book.
Vince Rause is a freelance writer and journalist whose stories have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and many other publications. He is a regular contributor to the Discovery Channel Online.
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