Author : Ioannis Tsoukalas
Release : 2009-12-14
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 089/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Conceiving God by : Ioannis Tsoukalas
Download or read book Conceiving God written by Ioannis Tsoukalas. This book was released on 2009-12-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a novel explanation for the emergence of the God-concept and human religiosity. In doing so, it makes creative use of the most recent findings in anthropology, neurology and psychology. At the center of this explanation is the fact that early childhood experiences predispose people to ‘magical thinking’, a tendency that is reinforced by the human ability to dream and the over-excitability of the cerebral cortex. The interaction of these three elements, both on the phylogenetic and ontogenetic level, has given rise to the uniquely human ability to apprehend transcendental agency.