TY - BOOK AU - Jeeves,Malcolm A. TI - Minds, brains, souls, and gods: a conversation on faith, psychology, and neuroscience SN - 9781461938101 AV - BF51 .J44 2013eb U1 - 261.5/15 23 PY - 2013///] CY - Downers Grove, Illinois PB - InterVarsity Press KW - Psychology and religion KW - Christianity KW - Psychology, Religious KW - Neurosciences KW - Religious aspects KW - RELIGION KW - Christian Life KW - Social Issues KW - bisacsh KW - General KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; What is psychology, and how should we approach it? -- What is the relationship between the mind and the brain? -- How free am I? : free will and determinism -- Determinism, genetics, and the "God gene" -- Have Benjamin Libet's experiments exploded the free-will myth? -- But is it all in the brain? : the emergence of social neuroscience -- But what about the soul? -- Don't parapsychology and near-death experiences prove the existence of the soul? -- What makes us human? : the development of evolutionary psychology -- Are humans different? : what about morality in animals? -- What is the difference between altruism, altruistic love and agape? -- Does language uniquely define us as humans? -- Does my brain have a "God spot"? -- Does God guide and direct us? -- Does neuropsychology have anything to offer psychotherapy and counseling? -- Are religious beliefs the twenty-first-century opium of the people? : what about placebo effects? -- What about spirituality? : is it a separate "religious" part of me? -- Can science "explain away" religion? -- Where next? UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=630736 ER -