The Spiritual Brain, Vol. 11

Does religious experience come from God, or is it just the random firing of neurons in the brain? Drawing on brain research on Carmelite nuns that has attracted major media attention and provocative new research in near-death experiences, The Spiritual Brain proves that genuine, life-changing spiritual events can be documented. The authors make a convincing case for what many in science are loathe to consider-that it is God who creates our spiritual experiences, not the brain. Challenging the conclusions of such books as Richard Dawkins's The God Delusion and Daniel C. Dennett's Breaking the Spell, this book will be of interest to readers on both sides of a hot-button issue at the meeting place of science and faith.

Does religious experience come from God, or is it just the random firing of neurons in the brain? Drawing on brain research on Carmelite nuns that has attracted major media attention and provocative new research in near-death experiences, The Spiritual Brain proves that genuine, life-changing spiritual events can be documented. The authors make a convincing case for what many in science are loathe to consider---that it is God who creates our spiritual experiences, not the brain. Challenging the conclusions of such books as Richard Dawkins’s The God Delusion and Daniel C. Dennett’s Breaking the Spell, this book will be of interest to readers on both sides of a hot-button issue at the meeting place of science and faith.

Mario Beauregard's groundbreaking work on the neurobiolo

Mario Beauregard's groundbreaking work on the neurobiology of mystical experience at the University of Montreal has gy of mystical experience at the University of Montreal has received international media coverage. Before becoming a facreceived international media coverage. Before becoming a faculty member there, he conducted postdoctoral research at theulty member there, he conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Texas and the Montreal Neurological Institute University of Texas and the Montreal Neurological Institute (McGill University). Because of his research into the neuro (McGill University). Because of his research into the neuro-science of consciousness, he was selected by the World Medi-science of consciousness, he was selected by the World Media Net to be among the "One Hundred Pioneers of the 21st Centa Net to be among the "One Hundred Pioneers of the 21st Century." He lives in Montreal, Canada. ury." He lives in Montreal, Canada.

Denyse O'Leary is a journalist who writes on topics related to science, religion, and faith. She is the author of several titles including Faith and Science: Why Science Needs Faith in the Twenty-First Century. The faith and science columnist for ChristianWeek, O'Leary has also contributed articles for Christianity Today, Faith Today, and Christian Times.