TY - BOOK AU - Sharpe,Kevin AU - Bryant,Rebecca Bryant TI - Has Science Displaced the Soul?: Debating Love and Happiness SN - 9781461665397 AV - BL65.H36 S53 2005 U1 - 202.2 PY - 2005/// CY - Lanham PB - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers KW - Happiness KW - Religious aspects KW - Love KW - Psychology and religion KW - Evolutionary psychology KW - Religion and Psychology KW - Bonheur KW - Aspect religieux KW - Amour KW - Psychologie et religion KW - Psychologie évolutionniste KW - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT KW - Gaia & Earth Energies KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION KW - Christianity KW - General KW - Theology KW - fast KW - Liebe KW - gnd KW - Glück KW - Religiöses Leben KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter I: Happiness and Spiritual Traditions; Chapter 2: Happiness and Contemporary Science; Interlude I: An Unhappy Conflagration; Chapter 3: Love and Spiritual Traditions; Chapter 4: Love and Contemporary Science; Interlude 2: An Unloving Conflagration; Chapter 5: Evolutionary Psychology: A Science Background; Chapter 6: Evolutionary Psychology: A Spiritual Background; Interlude 3: Philip Hefner''s Conflagration Band-Aid; Interlude 4: Ted Peters'' Conflagration Band-Aid; Chapter 7: Divine Projections; Chapter 8: Scientific Hypotheses; Interlude 5: Happiness, Love, and the DivineNotes; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors N2 - Can science explain powerful human emotions such as love and happiness? Or, are these emotions something more than the action of biochemicals and electrical impulses? Science is constantly uncovering the mysteries of our nature, but we are uneasy about submitting our most intimate feelings to its scrutiny. Unflinching in facing these issues, Kevin Sharpe provides a clear and current summary of the discoveries of science and what our spiritual lives still have to offer in the ongoing effort to understand our deepest urges. In the 21st century, is it necessary to discard our traditional beliefs UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=834839 ER -