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RELIGION, BRAINS, AND PERSONS: THE CONTRIBUTION OF NEUROLOGY PATIENTS AND CLINICIANS TO UNDERSTANDING HUMAN FAITH: with Finley Lawson, "Science, Religion, and Human Identity: Contributions from the Science and Religion Forum"; Susannah Cornwall, "Transformative Creatures: Theology, Gender Diversity, and Human Identity"; Joanna Collicutt, "Religion, Brains, and Persons: The Contribution of Neurology Patients and Clinicians to Understanding Human Faith"; Robert Lewis, "Humans as Interpretive Animals: A Phenomenological Understanding of Why Humans Bear God's Image"; Rebekah Wallace, "The Wholeness of Humanity: Coleridge, Cognition, and Holistic Perception"; James Thieke, "Energies and Personhood: A Christological Perspective on Human Identity"; and Emily Qureshi‐Hurst, "Can Sinners Really Change? Understanding Personal Salvation in the Block Universe.". Issue 3 (6th April 2022)
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Journal Article
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RELIGION, BRAINS, AND PERSONS: THE CONTRIBUTION OF NEUROLOGY PATIENTS AND CLINICIANS TO UNDERSTANDING HUMAN FAITH: with Finley Lawson, "Science, Religion, and Human Identity: Contributions from the Science and Religion Forum"; Susannah Cornwall, "Transformative Creatures: Theology, Gender Diversity, and Human Identity"; Joanna Collicutt, "Religion, Brains, and Persons: The Contribution of Neurology Patients and Clinicians to Understanding Human Faith"; Robert Lewis, "Humans as Interpretive Animals: A Phenomenological Understanding of Why Humans Bear God's Image"; Rebekah Wallace, "The Wholeness of Humanity: Coleridge, Cognition, and Holistic Perception"; James Thieke, "Energies and Personhood: A Christological Perspective on Human Identity"; and Emily Qureshi‐Hurst, "Can Sinners Really Change? Understanding Personal Salvation in the Block Universe.". Issue 3 (6th April 2022)
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RELIGION, BRAINS, AND PERSONS: THE CONTRIBUTION OF NEUROLOGY PATIENTS AND CLINICIANS TO UNDERSTANDING HUMAN FAITH
Abstract: This article presents a historical overview of the role played by neurology patients and clinicians in the development of understanding brain–behavior relationships and argues that, even with the advent of sophisticated functional brain imaging techniques, this clinical approach remains valuable. It is particularly important in the biological study of religion, where there is a danger that piecemeal and reductionist approaches will come to dominate. It is argued that religion is a socially located, multifaceted, and embodied phenomenon that occurs not in the brain but in the lives of human persons. Insights drawn from people living with conditions affecting the brain are thus vital for a full understanding of human identity, spirituality, and religion.