Dioses, creencias y neuronas

Overview

An introduction to the field of neuroreligion, this book pays homage to properly constituted religion and argues that a dignified religious demonstration, culturally compatible and intellectually qualified, can lead to God. With clarity, agility, and wisdom, this book presents topics as diverse as the role of the brain in the religious experience, the evolutionary value of beliefs, the contrast between spirituality and religion, the religious discrimination of women, and the institutionalization of that which is sacred. Una introducción al campo de la neuroreligión, este libro es un homenaje a la religión bien constituida y arguye que una manifestación religiosa digna, culturalmente compatible e intelectualmente cualificada, puede llevar a Dios. Con claridad, agilidad y sabiduría este libro expone temas tan diversos como el papel del cerebro en la experiencia religiosa, el valor evolutivo de las creencias, el contraste entre espiritualidad y religión, la discriminación religiosa de la mujer y la institucionalización de lo sagrado.

Author Biography

Ramon Maria Nogués is a priest and a professor emeritus for both the science department and the education department at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. His fields of study include evolution, genetics, neurobiology, pedagogy, philosophy, and theology, and he is the author of several books on those subjects.