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Hick, John

The new frontier of religion and science : religious experience, neuroscience and the transcendent / John Hick - Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 - xii, 228 p. ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-224) and index

Religion as human institutions -- Spirituality and mysticism -- What is religious experience? -- 'By their fruits you will know them' -- The neurosciences' challenge to religious experience -- Caveats and questions -- Mind/brain identity? -- Current naturalistic theories -- The alternative possibility -- Free will? -- The epistemological problem -- The epistemological solution -- Any particular religion? -- Responses to religious diversity -- A philosophy of religious pluralism -- Pluralism and the religions -- Spirituality for today -- After death?

ISBN: 9780230507708 (cloth) 0230507700 (cloth) 9780230507715 (paper) 0230507719 (paper)

LCCN: 2006051363

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA666332 bnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Psychology, Religious
Religion and science
Religion
Religions
Experience (Religion)
Neurosciences
Transcendence (Philosophy)

LC Class. No.: BL51 / .H4935 2006

Dewey Class. No.: ARCH YNDC 261.55 H627N