Chapter Eleven. Religious and Spiritual Practices

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter One. Neurotheology and the Happy Prison of the Brain 13
5. Chapter Two. What Is Neurotheology? 28
6. Chapter Three. Neuroscience and Neurotheology 46
7. Chapter Four. What Is Religion from a Neurotheological Perspective? 67
8. Chapter Five. What Is Spirituality from a Neurotheological Perspective? 92
9. Chapter Six. Neurotheology and the Evolution of Religion 106
10. Chapter Seven. Neurotheology and Psychology 124
11. Chapter Eight. Brain Pathology and Religion 138
12. Chapter Nine. Religious Myths and the Brain 163
13. Chapter Ten. The Ritualizing Brain 181
14. Chapter Eleven. Religious and Spiritual Practices 197
15. Chapter Twelve. The Spiritual But Not Religious Brain 224
16. Chapter Thirteen. Free Will and the Brain 239
17. Chapter Fourteen. Escaping the Prison of the Brain: Mysticism 259
18. Chapter Fifteen. The End of Faith and the Beginning of Neurotheology 279
19. notes 289
20. index 315