{"id":40,"date":"2007-07-10T10:47:31","date_gmt":"2007-07-10T14:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/len\/religion\/religion-and-the-brain-series-where-god-and-science-meet\/"},"modified":"2007-07-10T10:47:31","modified_gmt":"2007-07-10T14:47:31","slug":"religion-and-the-brain-series-where-god-and-science-meet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/len\/religion\/religion-and-the-brain-series-where-god-and-science-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Religion and the Brain Series: “Where God and Science Meet”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Religion and the Brain Series: Where God and Science Meet<\/cite><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where God and Science Meet is a three-volume series edited by Dr. McNamara that uses various approaches to explore religion and religious experience. The following are the contents of the series. For more information or to purchase<\/cite> Where God and Science Meet, visit Praeger Publishing<\/a> or Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Volume One: Evolution, Genes, and the Religious Brain<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Series Foreword by J. Harold Ellens<\/td>\nvii<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Acknowledgments<\/td>\nxi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Preface by Patrick McNamara<\/td>\nxiii<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 1: The Evolutionary Psychology of Religion Stephen Pinker<\/em><\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 2: Sacred Emotions and Affective Neuroscience: Gratitude, Costly Signaling, and the Brain Robert A. Emmons and Patrick McNamara<\/em><\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 3: Genetic and Environmental Influences on the Traditional moral values Triad- Authoritarianism, Conservatism, and Religiousness-as Assessed by Quantitative Behavior Genetic Methods Laura B. Koenig and Thomas J. Bouchard Jr.<\/em><\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 4: Religious Behaviors, Badges, and Bans: Signaling Theory and the Evolution of Religion Richard Sosis<\/em><\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 5: Nature\u2019s Medicine: Religiosity as an Adaptation for Health and Cooperation Joseph Bulbulia<\/em><\/td>\n87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 6: The Cognitive Psychology of Belief in the Supernatural Jesse M. Bering<\/em><\/td>\n123<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 7: The Ritual Healing Theory: Therapeutic Suggestion and the Origin of Religion James McClenon<\/em><\/td>\n135<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 8: Religion Is Not an Adaptation Lee A. Kirkpatrick<\/em><\/td>\n159<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 9: The Cognitive and Evolutionary Roots of Religion Scott Atran<\/em><\/td>\n181<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 10: Amazing Grace: Religion and the Evolution of the Human Mind Ilkka Pyysi\u00e4inen<\/em><\/td>\n209<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 11: The Significance of the Evolution of Religious Belief and Behavior for Religious Studies and Theology Wesley J. Wildman<\/em><\/td>\n226<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Index<\/td>\n273<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
About the Editor and Contributors<\/td>\n285<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
About the Advisory Board<\/td>\n291<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Volume Two: The Neurology of Religious Experience<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Series Foreword by J. Harold Ellens<\/td>\nvii<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Acknowledgments<\/td>\nxi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Preface by Patrick McNamara<\/td>\nxiii<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 1: The Chemistry of Religiosity: Evidence from Patients with Parkinson\u2019s Disease Patrick McNamara, Raymon Durso, Ariel Brown, and Erica Harris<\/em><\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 2: Religious and Spiritual Practices: A Neurochemical Perspective Andrew B. Newberg<\/em><\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 3: Neuroimaging Studies of Religious Experience: A Critical Review Nina P. Azari<\/em><\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 4: Religion and the Life Course: Is Adolescence an \u201cExperience Expectant\u201d Period for Religious Transmission? Candace S. Alcorta<\/em><\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 5: Neurotheology: A Science of What? Matthew Ratcliffe<\/em><\/td>\n81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 6: Religion as a By-Product of Evolved Psychology: The Case of Attachment and Implications for Brain and Religion Research Pehr Granqvist<\/em><\/td>\n105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 7: Religious Conversion, Spiritual Transformation, and the Neurocognition of Meaning Making Raymond F. Paloutzian, Erica L. Swenson, and Patrick McNamara<\/em><\/td>\n151<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 8: Religion and the Brain: Evidence from Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Steven C. Schachter<\/em><\/td>\n171<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 9: Frontal Lobes and the Evolution of Cooperation and Religion Patrick McNamara<\/em><\/td>\n189<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 10: Mind Design and the Capacity for Ritual Performance Carl Seaquist<\/em><\/td>\n205<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 11: The Brain, Religion, and Baseball: Comments on the Potential for a Neurology of Religion and Religious Experience Warren S. Brown<\/em><\/td>\n229<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Index<\/td>\n245<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
About the Editor and Contributors<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
About the Advisory Board<\/td>\n261<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Volume Three: The Psychology of Religious Experience<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Series Foreword by J. Harold Ellens<\/td>\nvii<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Acknowledgments<\/td>\nxi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Preface by Patrick McNamara<\/td>\nxiii<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 1: The Neuropharmacology of Religious Experience: Hallucinogens and the Experience of the Divine David E. Nichols and Benjamin R. Chemel<\/em><\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 2: The Relationship between Religion and Health Andrew B. Newberg and Bruce Y. Lee<\/em><\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 3: Religion, Meaning, and the Brain Crystal L. Park and Patrick McNamara<\/em><\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 4: The Darker Side of Religion: Risk Factors for Poorer Health and Well-Being Gina Magyar-Russell and Kenneth Pargament<\/em><\/td>\n91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 5: The Common Core Thesis in the Study of Mysticism Ralph W. Hood, Jr.<\/em><\/td>\n119<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 6: Cross-Cultural Assessments of Shamanism as a Biogenetic Foundation for Religion Michael Winkelman<\/em><\/td>\n139<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 7: Schizophrenia, Neurology, and Religion: What Can Psychosis Teach Us about the Evolutionary Role of Religion? Steven A. Rogers and Raymond F. Paloutzian<\/td>\n161<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 8: Between Yang and Yin and Heaven and Hell: Untangling the Complex Relationship between Religion and Intolerance Ian Hansen an Ara Norenzayan<\/em><\/td>\n187<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 9: The Origins of Dreaming Kelly Bulkeley<\/em><\/td>\n213<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 10: Chemical Input, Religious Output- Entheogens: A Pharmatheology Sampler Thomas B. Roberts<\/em><\/td>\n235<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chapter 11: An Illusion of the Future: Temptations and Possibilities Keith G. Meador<\/em><\/td>\n269<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Index<\/td>\n283<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
About the Editor and Contributors<\/td>\n295<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
About the Advisory Board<\/td>\n301<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Religion and the Brain Series: Where God and Science Meet Where God and Science Meet is a three-volume series edited by Dr. McNamara that uses various approaches to explore religion and religious experience. The following are the contents of the series. For more information or to purchase Where God and Science Meet, visit Praeger Publishing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":29,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/len\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/len\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/len\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/len\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/len\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/len\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/len\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/len\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}