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E. Fuller Torrey Evolving Brains Emerging Gods Softcover Book UK Import Religion
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- Subtitle
- Early Humans and the Origins of Religion
- EAN
- 9780231183376
- ISBN
- 9780231183376
- Release Year
- 2019
- Book Title
- Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods
- ISBN-10
- 0231183372
- Genre
- Science Nature & Math
- Country of Origin
- US
- Release Date
- 08/13/2019
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Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231183372
ISBN-13
9780231183376
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27038256431
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Number of Pages
312 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods : Early Humans and the Origins of Religion
Publication Year
2019
Subject
Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Theism, Neuropsychology, Philosophy
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Science, Psychology, Medical
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Trade Paperback
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0.8 in
Item Weight
16.6 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
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5.9 in
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Torrey takes readers on a grand tour of what science has learned about early hominins and the development of several early civilizations. One may not agree, but the book is richly rewarding...Highly recommended., In Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods , E. Fuller Torrey offers a scholarly and insightful treatise on the neuroscientific relationship between humanity and deities. In his twenty-first book, one senses a profound vision of the hereafter in the arc of this eminent mental health advocate and researcher's career, from whom we hope there will be more to come., A wonderful addition to the current corpus sitting at the intersection of religion and evolution. It will be helpful for the scholar and layperson alike., Presented in a manner that is accessible to nonscientists....[an] insightful, thought-provoking work., A masterful synthesis that merges the archaeological and anthropological evidence for the evolving elaboration of religious activity with the fossil evidence for the neurobiological evolution of the human brain and the psychological evidence for the evolution of the human mind housed within that evolving brain., This is the book I have been waiting for, which brings together all of the various strands of data and ideas gathering in neuroscience, sociology, psychology, archaeology, anthropology, and brain development, and integrates them into a well-balanced and tightly presented theory of the origins of religion., This is the book I have been waiting for, which brings together all of the various strands of data and ideas gathering in neuroscience, sociology, psychology, archaeology, anthropology and brain development, and integrates them into a well-balanced and tightly presented theory of the origins of religion.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
200.1
Table Of Content
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: The Brain, Home of the Gods Part 1. The Making of the Gods 1. Homo habilis : A Smarter Self 2. Homo erectus : An Aware Self 3. Archaic Homo sapiens (Neandertals): An Empathic Self 4. Early Homo sapiens : An Introspective Self 5. Modern Homo sapiens : A Temporal Self Part 2. The Emergence of the Gods 6. Ancestors and Agriculture: A Spiritual Self 7. Governments and Gods: A Theistic Self 8. Other Theories of the Origins Of Gods Appendix A: The Evolution of the Brain Appendix B: Dreams as Proof of the Existence of a Spirit World and Land of the Dead Notes Index
Synopsis
Religions and mythologies from around the world teach that God or gods created humans. Atheist, humanist, and materialist critics, meanwhile, have attempted to turn theology on its head, claiming that religion is a human invention. In this book, E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods locates the origin of gods within the human brain, arguing that religious belief is a by-product of evolution. Based on an idea originally proposed by Charles Darwin, Torrey marshals evidence that the emergence of gods was an incidental consequence of several evolutionary factors. Using data ranging from ancient skulls and artifacts to brain imaging, primatology, and child development studies, this book traces how new cognitive abilities gave rise to new behaviors. For instance, autobiographical memory, the ability to project ourselves backward and forward in time, gave Homo sapiens a competitive advantage. However, it also led to comprehension of mortality, spurring belief in an alternative to death. Torrey details the neurobiological sequence that explains why the gods appeared when they did, connecting archaeological findings including clothing, art, farming, and urbanization to cognitive developments. This book does not dismiss belief but rather presents religious belief as an inevitable outcome of brain evolution. Providing clear and accessible explanations of evolutionary neuroscience, Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods will shed new light on the mechanics of our deepest mysteries., E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods locates the origin of gods within the human brain, arguing that religious belief is a by-product of evolution.
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