Author: Arthur James BalfourPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Belief and doubt
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
The Foundations of Belief
Author: Arthur James Balfour Earl of BalfourPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Belief and doubt
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Wondrous Events
Author: James McClenonPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812230744
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
James McClenon examines the relationship between wondrous events—extrasensory perception, apparitions, out-of-body and near-death experiences, sleep paralysis, psychokinesis, firewalking, psychic surgery, and spiritual healing—and the foundations of religious belief.
The Foundations of Belief
Author: Arthur James BalfourPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Belief and doubt
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Minds and Gods
Author: Todd TremlinPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019988546X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Around the world and throughout history, in cultures as diverse as ancient Mesopotamia and modern America, human beings have been compelled by belief in gods and developed complex religions around them. But why? What makes belief in supernatural beings so widespread? And why are the gods of so many different people so similar in nature? This provocative book explains the origins and persistence of religious ideas by looking through the lens of science at the common structures and functions of human thought. The first general introduction to the "cognitive science of religion," Minds and Gods presents the major themes, theories, and thinkers involved in this revolutionary new approach to human religiosity. Arguing that we cannot understand what we think until we first understand how we think, the book sets out to study the evolutionary forces that modeled the modern human mind and continue to shape our ideas and actions today. Todd Tremlin details many of the adapted features of the brain -- illustrating their operation with examples of everyday human behavior -- and shows how mental endowments inherited from our ancestral past lead many people to naturally entertain religious ideas. In short, belief in gods and the social formation of religion have their genesis in biology, in powerful cognitive processes that all humans share. In the course of illuminating the nature of religion, this book also sheds light on human nature: why we think we do the things we do and how the reasons for these things are so often hidden from view. This discussion ranges broadly across recent scientific findings in areas such as paleoanthropology, primate studies, evolutionary psychology, early brain development, and cultural transmission. While these subjects are complex, the story is told here in a conversational style that is engaging, jargon free, and accessible to all readers. With Minds and Gods , Tremlin offers a roadmap to a fascinating and growing field of study, one that is sure to generate interest and debate and provide readers with a better understanding of themselves and their beliefs.
Foundations of the Christian Faith
Author: Timothy C. TennentPublisher:
ISBN: 9781628243253
Category : Catechetics
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Foundations of the Mind
Author: Evgeniĭ Vasilʹevich SubbotskiĭPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674311879
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
In the wake of Jean Piaget's work on children's understanding of reality, it is generally accepted that by age two, children assume that an object hidden in a box will remain there unchanged until someone tampers with it. Eugene Subbotsky persuasively demonstrates that many children--and some adults--will often accept mysterious disappearances and creations, perceiving them not as tricks or illusions but as actual occurrences. His analysis clearly shows that alongside our everyday belief in object permanence, we also have a set of quasi-magical beliefs that can be activated by appropriate situations and behaviors. The acceptability of these beliefs will vary from culture to culture, and will be widespread among preliterate peoples but less obvious in advanced industrial countries. The author, a Russian psychologist, draws on his own extensive research and examines other taken-for-granted concepts, such as the distinction between animate and inanimate. Foundations of the Mind, amply illustrated with experimental material, has enormous implications for the study of both child development and the psychology of human beliefs. It attacks our complacent and often culturally biased faith in the nature of reality, and as such will become required reading for all psychologists.
In the Valley of the Shadow
Author: James L. KugelPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439130108
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
The author invites readers to witness the exploration on religion that he undertook after being diagnosed with an aggressive, and likely fatal, form of cancer.
Foundations of Christian Thought
Author: Mark P. CosgrovePublisher: Kregel Academic
ISBN: 0825495474
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Written by a veteran Christian educator, this readable book describes the relationship between the Christian faith and the world of learning by looking at the five modern worldviews competing with Christian theism.
Catholic Faith Foundations
Author: David WerningPublisher: Our Sunday Visitor
ISBN: 168192224X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Too often Catholics feel like they don’t know (or remember) enough about their faith to share it with others. Finding answers to basic questions about what Catholics believe—and why—can seem like a daunting task. Catholic Faith Foundations: Back to the Basics offers a concise, easy-to-follow review of the basic teachings of the Catholic Church. Author David Werning guides readers through the fundamentals of the Catholic Faith, inviting readers to enrich their understanding of the Church’s doctrinal and spiritual riches. Whether you’re new to the Church or a lifelong Catholic, Catholic Faith Foundations not only equips you with knowledge of the Church’s teachings, it invites you to fall in love with the Faith all over again. ABOUT THE AUTHOR David Werning has an S.T.B. in sacred theology from the Catholic University of America. He has been writing about the Church and the Catholic Faith since 1992.
Author: Bronislaw Malinowski