Godsdienstfilosoof & theoloog, schrijver, muzikant…
(P.S. Below is the English translation of the Dutch review that was published yesterday.) UFOs, unidentified flying objects – scientists usually ignore this subject. It is seen as the stuff of conspiracy thinkers, the mentally ill, or in short: the “UFO-crazies”. Nevertheless, in recent years books have been published that approach the subject in a … Lees verder
Peter Nissen nodigde me recentelijk uit om de “#bookchallenge” te doen. Deze houdt in dat je zeven dagen lang de voorkant van een boek op Twitter (of Facebook zet). Een boek dat belangrijk voor je is, dat je geïnspireerd heeft of dat nog altijd doet. Je publiceert deze voorkanten zonder commentaar of uitleg. Ik heb … Lees verder
Harassed business executives and bank managers resort, in their spare time, to yoga and transcendental meditation. This provides them with periodic “trips” which lack the harmful side-effects of alcohol or drugs; it gets their passions under control, eases nervous tension and reduces the risk of ulcers. But does it necessarily lead to profound inner change … Lees verder
Jared Diamond, the professor of geography from the University of California, Los Angeles, and who got his fame from voluminous books like The Third Chimpanzee, Guns, Germs and Steel, and Collapse has recently published a new book, titled The World Until Yesterday.
I haven’t read this book yet, but the website Salon.com published an exerpt from the book dealing with religion. I want to share some observations…
One of the most impressive and I think groundbreaking books in the cognitive science of religion that I read recently, is Robert McCauley’s latest book Why Religion is Natural and Science is Not published by Oxford University Press. If you were allowed to read only one book on the cognitive science of religion, read this … Lees verder