Soul, Psyche, Brain New Directions in the Study of Religion and Brain-Mind Science

Soul, Psyche, Brain is a collection of essays that address the relationships between neuroscience, religion and human nature. The book highlights some startling new developments in neuroscience that have many people rethinking spirituality, the mind-body connection, and cognition in general. Soul, Psyche, Brain explores questions like: What are the neurological effects of meditation and prayer? How does the mind develop psychological and spiritual self-awareness? And what are the practical implications of brain-mind science for religious faith and moral reasoning?

Kelly Bulkeley teaches at the Graduate Theological Union and John F. Kennedy University. He is author of Dreams: A Reader (Palgrave Macmillan).