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- 2010478052 abstract "This book is a controversial exploration of the origin of religion in the neurology of the human brain. The author first describes how science developed within the cocoon of religion and then shows how the natural functioning of the human brain creates experiences that can lead to belief in a supernatural realm, beings, and interventions. Once people have these experiences, they formulate beliefs about them, and thus creeds are born. Forty thousand years ago, people were leaving traces in the archaeological record of activities that we can label religious, and the author discusses in detail the evidence preserved in the Volp Caves in France. He also shows that mental imagery produced by the functioning of the human brain can be detected in widely separated religious communities such as Hildegard of Bingen's in medieval Europe or the San hunters of southern Africa.".
- 2010478052 contributor B11979243.
- 2010478052 created "2010.".
- 2010478052 date "2010".
- 2010478052 date "2010.".
- 2010478052 dateCopyrighted "2010.".
- 2010478052 description "Includes bibliographical references ( p. [301]-314) and index.".
- 2010478052 description "Prolegomena : windows on the past and some of the questions they raise -- A new way of thinking -- From skies to species -- A tale of two scientists -- Explaining religion -- Religious experience -- Religious belief -- Religious practice -- Stone Age religion -- Hildegard on the African veld -- God's empire strikes back -- Epilegomena : of babies and bathwater.".
- 2010478052 description "This book is a controversial exploration of the origin of religion in the neurology of the human brain. The author first describes how science developed within the cocoon of religion and then shows how the natural functioning of the human brain creates experiences that can lead to belief in a supernatural realm, beings, and interventions. Once people have these experiences, they formulate beliefs about them, and thus creeds are born. Forty thousand years ago, people were leaving traces in the archaeological record of activities that we can label religious, and the author discusses in detail the evidence preserved in the Volp Caves in France. He also shows that mental imagery produced by the functioning of the human brain can be detected in widely separated religious communities such as Hildegard of Bingen's in medieval Europe or the San hunters of southern Africa.".
- 2010478052 extent "320 p. :".
- 2010478052 identifier "050005164X (hbk.)".
- 2010478052 identifier "9780500051641 (hbk.)".
- 2010478052 issued "2010".
- 2010478052 issued "2010.".
- 2010478052 language "eng".
- 2010478052 publisher "London : Thames & Hudson,".
- 2010478052 subject "201.42 22".
- 2010478052 subject "Evolution Religious aspects.".
- 2010478052 subject "GN799.R4 L49 2010".
- 2010478052 subject "Religion Philosophy.".
- 2010478052 subject "Religion, Prehistoric.".
- 2010478052 tableOfContents "Prolegomena : windows on the past and some of the questions they raise -- A new way of thinking -- From skies to species -- A tale of two scientists -- Explaining religion -- Religious experience -- Religious belief -- Religious practice -- Stone Age religion -- Hildegard on the African veld -- God's empire strikes back -- Epilegomena : of babies and bathwater.".
- 2010478052 title "Conceiving God : the cognitive origin and evolution of religion ; with 49 illustrations / David Lewis-Williams.".
- 2010478052 type "text".