God on the Brain

What Cognitive Science Does (and Does Not) Tell Us about Faith, Human Nature, and the Divine

Brad Sickler (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2020
Crossway Books (Verlag)
978-1-4335-6443-7 (ISBN)

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Bradley Sickler provides a timely theological, scientific, and philosophical assessment of the human brain, displaying the many ways in which the gospel informs a distinctly Christian understanding of cognitive science.

"I highly recommend this treasure of learning."
—J. P. Moreland

Advances in modern science have dramatically increased our understanding of the human brain.

While this progress has helped improve many lives, it has also raised many philosophical and theological questions. Researchers are increasingly presenting the brain as comprising the totality of a person. But is this a fair assessment?

Bradley Sickler offers a timely theological, scientific, and philosophical analysis of cognitive science, arguing that the brain is more complex than what can be explained by science alone. Navigating questions about the brain, religion, and science, Sickler guides readers to confidently affirm that the Christian worldview offers the most compelling vision of the true nature of humanity.

Argues for a distinctly Christian vision of the human person consisting of body, soul, and mind
Explores the relationship between faith and science
Interacts with contemporary developments in cognitive science
Engages how the gospel informs cognitive science
Provides a theological, scientific, and philosophical assessment of the Bible’s teaching on the brain

Bradley L. Sickler (PhD, Purdue University) is associate professor of philosophy and the program director for the master of arts in theological studies program at the University of Northwestern, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Abbreviations

1. The Nature of Humans
2. Science and Christianity (1): The Conflict Thesis
3. Science and Christianity (2): Strangers or Friends?
4. Evolutionary Explanations for Belief in God
5. Is Everything Just Brain States?
6. Doing Away with the Soul
7. Mind-Body Interaction and Simplicity
8. The Question of Freedom
9. Reason, Science, and Morality
10. Reformed Epistemology and the Naturalness of Belief

General Index
Scripture Index

Erscheinungsdatum	13.07.2020
Verlagsort	Wheaton, IL
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	255 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-4335-6443-2 / 1433564432
ISBN-13	978-1-4335-6443-7 / 9781433564437
Zustand	Neuware