Debating Love and Happiness Sharpe, Kevin. creator Bryant, Rebecca Bryant. text Electronic books. xx Lanham Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2005 monographic eng

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1 online resource (201 p.) Can science explain powerful human emotions such as love and happiness? Or, are these emotions something more than the action of biochemicals and electrical impulses? Science is constantly uncovering the mysteries of our nature, but we are uneasy about submitting our most intimate feelings to its scrutiny. Unflinching in facing these issues, Kevin Sharpe provides a clear and current summary of the discoveries of science and what our spiritual lives still have to offer in the ongoing effort to understand our deepest urges. In the 21st century, is it necessary to discard our traditional beliefs. Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter I: Happiness and Spiritual Traditions; Chapter 2: Happiness and Contemporary Science; Interlude I: An Unhappy Conflagration; Chapter 3: Love and Spiritual Traditions; Chapter 4: Love and Contemporary Science; Interlude 2: An Unloving Conflagration; Chapter 5: Evolutionary Psychology: A Science Background; Chapter 6: Evolutionary Psychology: A Spiritual Background; Interlude 3: Philip Hefner''s Conflagration Band-Aid; Interlude 4: Ted Peters'' Conflagration Band-Aid; Chapter 7: Divine Projections; Chapter 8: Scientific Hypotheses Interlude 5: Happiness, Love, and the DivineNotes; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors Description based upon print version of record. Evolutionary psychology Happiness -- Religious aspects Love -- Religious aspects Psychology and religion Happiness Religious aspects Love Religious aspects Psychology and religion Evolutionary psychology BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Gaia & Earth Energies RELIGION / Christianity / General RELIGION / Theology BL65.H36 S53 2005 202.2 Sharpe, Kevin Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,c2005 9781461665397 (electronic bk.) 1461665396 (electronic bk.) http://public.eblib.com/choice/PublicFullRecord.aspx?p=1771140 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=834839 http://public.eblib.com/choice/PublicFullRecord.aspx?p=1771140 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=834839 EBLCP 140830 20200709060218.0 ocn889674879 eng