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• catalog abstract ""Do you believe your soul will survive after you die? Do you even believe you have a soul? Given what we now know about the brain, psychology, and body chemistry, the skeptic may well ask what meaning or relevance this medieval term can possibly have today." "Physicist Jerome W. Elbert takes up this issue in his informative yet accessible study. He points out that many contemporary dilemmas have much to do with whether or not we posit the existence of a soul - for example, the question of free will and the debate over abortion. Reviewing the ancient origins of the soul concept, Elbert looks at Christian beliefs and pagan parallels, and then considers how the advance of science has changed our fundamental understanding of the brain and consciousness. He shows how these new scientific insights inevitably affect our traditional ideas about the soul." "For anyone who is at all uncertain, Are Souls Real? offers an alternative to the views of a spiritual advisor. Various experts, from biblical scholars to neuroscientists, have gathered information that allows soul beliefs to be judged more skeptically. This book brings these conclusions together, offering a new perspective on whether supernatural souls really exist."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b12203534.
• catalog created "2000.".
• catalog date "2000".
• catalog date "2000.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
• catalog description ""Do you believe your soul will survive after you die? Do you even believe you have a soul? Given what we now know about the brain, psychology, and body chemistry, the skeptic may well ask what meaning or relevance this medieval term can possibly have today."".
• catalog description ""For anyone who is at all uncertain, Are Souls Real? offers an alternative to the views of a spiritual advisor. Various experts, from biblical scholars to neuroscientists, have gathered information that allows soul beliefs to be judged more skeptically. This book brings these conclusions together, offering a new perspective on whether supernatural souls really exist."--Jacket.".
• catalog description ""Physicist Jerome W. Elbert takes up this issue in his informative yet accessible study. He points out that many contemporary dilemmas have much to do with whether or not we posit the existence of a soul - for example, the question of free will and the debate over abortion. Reviewing the ancient origins of the soul concept, Elbert looks at Christian beliefs and pagan parallels, and then considers how the advance of science has changed our fundamental understanding of the brain and consciousness. He shows how these new scientific insights inevitably affect our traditional ideas about the soul."".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Religion and the Soul -- Challenging Our Ideas About the Soul -- How Science Obtains Objective Knowledge -- When Religion Disagrees with Science -- The Shifting Boundary Between Science and Philosophy -- The Ancient Origins of the Idea of the Soul -- The Idea of the Soul -- Origins of Beliefs in Various Kinds of Souls -- The Hebrew Ideas of the Soul -- Early Greek Ideas about the Soul -- The Soul According to Socrates and Plato -- Early Christian Soul Beliefs -- Aquinas and Aristotle -- Descartes and Modern Soul Beliefs -- Some Popular and Questionable Soul Beliefs -- The Pagan Parallels of Some Christian Beliefs -- Old Testament Myths Shared with Other Peoples -- Egyptian Beliefs About an Afterlife and Morality -- Egypt and Moses -- Zoroaster: The Iranian Connection -- The Mystery Religions -- The Cult of Mithra and Christianity -- New Ideas About the Origin of the New Testament -- The Book of Q -- The Rising Image of Jesus Buried in Q -- Galilee and the Greek Connection -- The Christian Branch of the Jesus Movement -- The Gospels as Biographies of a Classical Hero -- The Evolution of Beliefs About Jesus -- Jesus' Miracles -- Jesus' Suffering, Death, and Resurrection -- Science and the Soul -- The Blocks and Cement That Build Our World -- The Atom in Classical Greece and Modern Science -- Weighing the Atom -- Elementary Particles within the Atom -- Radioactivity and the Discovery of the Nucleus -- Particles That Hold the Nucleus Together -- Antiparticles, Neutrinos, and Photons -- Particle Lifetimes and the Weak Force.".
• catalog extent "399 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Are souls real?".
• catalog identifier "1573927910 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Are souls real?".
• catalog issued "2000".
• catalog issued "2000.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books,".
• catalog relation "Are souls real?".
• catalog subject "128/.1 21".
• catalog subject "BD421 .E43 2000".
• catalog subject "Religion and science.".
• catalog subject "Soul.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Religion and the Soul -- Challenging Our Ideas About the Soul -- How Science Obtains Objective Knowledge -- When Religion Disagrees with Science -- The Shifting Boundary Between Science and Philosophy -- The Ancient Origins of the Idea of the Soul -- The Idea of the Soul -- Origins of Beliefs in Various Kinds of Souls -- The Hebrew Ideas of the Soul -- Early Greek Ideas about the Soul -- The Soul According to Socrates and Plato -- Early Christian Soul Beliefs -- Aquinas and Aristotle -- Descartes and Modern Soul Beliefs -- Some Popular and Questionable Soul Beliefs -- The Pagan Parallels of Some Christian Beliefs -- Old Testament Myths Shared with Other Peoples -- Egyptian Beliefs About an Afterlife and Morality -- Egypt and Moses -- Zoroaster: The Iranian Connection -- The Mystery Religions -- The Cult of Mithra and Christianity -- New Ideas About the Origin of the New Testament -- The Book of Q -- The Rising Image of Jesus Buried in Q -- Galilee and the Greek Connection -- The Christian Branch of the Jesus Movement -- The Gospels as Biographies of a Classical Hero -- The Evolution of Beliefs About Jesus -- Jesus' Miracles -- Jesus' Suffering, Death, and Resurrection -- Science and the Soul -- The Blocks and Cement That Build Our World -- The Atom in Classical Greece and Modern Science -- Weighing the Atom -- Elementary Particles within the Atom -- Radioactivity and the Discovery of the Nucleus -- Particles That Hold the Nucleus Together -- Antiparticles, Neutrinos, and Photons -- Particle Lifetimes and the Weak Force.".
• catalog title "Are souls real? / Jerome W. Elbert.".
• catalog type "text".