Why God Won't Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief, (Paperback)

from BooksCatsEtc

I could tell that the authors were trying very hard to make their work accessible (i.e., dumb it down) for the general public, but it was still quite a sweat. I had to read most paragraphs and some sentences 2 or 3 times before I felt I had a grip on what they were on about. And I'm not sure how ...

from FireflysHealingGarden

interesting book

from DubiousDisciple

A single quote from this book probably explains all we need to know about why God won't go away: So impressive are the health benefits of religion ... that after reviewing more than a thousand studies on the impact of religion upon health, Dr. Harold Koenig of Duke University Medical Center recen...

from angella.beshara

At times it is slightly repetitive in an academic way (clearly states the thesis repeatedly) but there is enough variety in topics (meditation, myth,personal gods) to keep it interesting. The background in brain physiology was so clearly explained it made me feel smart while I was reading it (but...

from librarythingaliba

This book was very thought provoking. I expected it to be more of a Dawkinian approach to squash religion with science, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it has a much more even-handed approach to the traditional dichotomy, making a real concerted effort to bridge the divide. The book bas...