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The Illusion of God's Presence
John C Wathey
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Description for The Illusion of God's Presence
Hardcover. Num Pages: 445 pages. BIC Classification: HRAM3; PDX; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 567.
An essential feature of religious experience across many cultures is the intuitive feeling of God's presence. More than any rituals or doctrines, it is this experience that anchors religious faith, yet it has been largely ignored in the scientific literature on religion. Starting with a vivid narrative account of the life-threatening hike that triggered his own mystical experience, biologist John Wathey takes the reader on a scientific journey to find the sources of religious feeling and the illusion of God's presence. Hisbook delves into the biological origins of this compelling feeling, attributing it to innate neural circuitry that evolved ... Read more
An essential feature of religious experience across many cultures is the intuitive feeling of God's presence. More than any rituals or doctrines, it is this experience that anchors religious faith, yet it has been largely ignored in the scientific literature on religion. Starting with a vivid narrative account of the life-threatening hike that triggered his own mystical experience, biologist John Wathey takes the reader on a scientific journey to find the sources of religious feeling and the illusion of God's presence. Hisbook delves into the biological origins of this compelling feeling, attributing it to innate neural circuitry that evolved ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Prometheus Books United States
Number of pages
445
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781633880740
SKU
V9781633880740
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About John C Wathey
John C. Wathey is a computational biologist whose research interests include evolutionary algorithms, protein folding, and the biology of nervous systems. From 1991 to 1995, he was a senior applications scientist at Biosyms Technologies (now named Accelrys), a company that develops molecular modeling software for the pharmaceutical industry. In 1996, he founded his own business, Wathey Research, and since that ... Read more
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