TY - BOOK AU - Tsoukalas,Ioannis TI - Conceiving God: perversions and brainstorms : a thesis on the origins of human religiosity SN - 9781443817387 AV - BT124.5 .T76 2010eb U1 - 212 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Newcastle upon Tyne PB - Cambridge Scholars KW - Religiousness KW - Transcendence of God KW - Religiosité KW - Transcendance de Dieu KW - Religion: general KW - bicssc KW - Psychology KW - Sleep & dreams KW - RELIGION KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-115) and index; TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; HUMAN EVOLUTION AND CULTURE; TRIANGULATING GOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL INTERSECTIONS; THE NATURAL HISTORY OF A SUPERNATURAL CONCEPT; THE MARKS OF RELIGION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; NOTES; INDEX N2 - This book presents a novel explanation for the emergence of the God-concept and human religiosity. In so doing it makes creative use of the most recent findings in anthropology, neurology and psychology. At the center of this explanation is the fact that UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=539503 ER -