God, beliefs and neurons

Description

Taking religion seriously - whether it is religious or not - is a sign of respect for reality. More than that because religion—like all the greatest human experiences—is capable of the most eminent and the most deficient. This book is meant to be a tribute to well-established religion and an antidote to degraded religion. Because a worthy religious manifestation, culturally compatible and intellectually qualified, can be an interesting benchmark suggestive glimpse of the eternal God and difficult. Ramon M. Nogues exposes more clearly, agility and saviesa- topics as diverse as the brain's role in religious experience, border situations between mysticism and pathology, the scientific status of religion, excessive criticism of religion, the value of evolutionary beliefs, Recent contributions to the neuroreligió, the challenge of religious pluralism, the contrast between spirituality and religion, religion and sex, religious discrimination against women, and the institutionalization of the sacred. Without requiring prior knowledge from the readers, the work offers a very complete overview of the latest contributions of science to the clarification of religious phenomena. The chapters dedicated to the brain and neuroreligion are particularly noteworthy. Although the science-religion relationship is a classic topic, there are few works in Catalan that are dedicated to it. In addition, it is uncommon for them to adopt a position far removed from apologetic positions in one sense or another at the same time. The book directly argues with certain historical realizations of religion, and is particularly incisive when judging the treatment of women by religions, subject to which he dedicates the chapter "Sex, gender and religion".