Born to Believe: God, Science, and the Origin of Ordinary and Extraordinary Beliefs
by Andrew Newberg
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Born to Believeis accessible, entertaining popular science, the first to explore human beliefs, from the ordinary to the extraordinary. It presents the controversial argument that we human beings are biologically hardwired to create and maintain a system of beliefs. And it demonstrates that even our perception of reality is nothing more than a constructed belief filled with inaccuracies, assumptions, conjectures, and confabulations. Even our childhood memories are filled with beliefs about show more events that never occurred. show lessTags
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Andrew Newberg is director of research at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health and a physician at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. His books include Why God Won't Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief (2001), How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist (2009), and Principles of show more Neurotheology (2010). show less
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- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, General Nonfiction, Science & Nature
- DDC/MDS
- 153.4 — Philosophy and Psychology Psychology Conscious mental processes and intelligence Thought, thinking, reasoning, intuition, value, judgment
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- BL53 .N49 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Philosophy of religion. Psychology of religion. Religion
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