商品描述
This book offers theologians, philosophers, and neuroscientists accessible and engaging material for navigating the complex field of the neuroscience of religion. It addresses the challenge of how scholars in the humanities can meaningfully engage with research and data from the hard sciences, demonstrating how neuroscience both influences and is influenced by philosophical and theological inquiry. With contributions from experts in neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology, theology, and philosophy, this collection provides a valuable starting point for exploring how empirical research can inform and enrich the study of religious experience and belief. Essential reading for scholars of religious studies, philosophy, theology, and neuroscience--especially those eager to broaden their horizons of investigation.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
本書為神學家、哲學家和神經科學家提供了易於理解且引人入勝的材料，以便在宗教神經科學這一複雜領域中進行探索。它探討了人文學科學者如何能夠有意義地與硬科學的研究和數據進行互動的挑戰，並展示了神經科學如何影響哲學和神學的探究，同時也受到其影響。本書匯集了神經科學、認知科學、心理學、神學和哲學領域的專家貢獻，為探索實證研究如何能夠啟發和豐富宗教經驗與信仰的研究提供了寶貴的起點。對於宗教研究、哲學、神學和神經科學的學者來說，這是必讀的書籍，特別是對於那些渴望擴展其研究視野的人。
作者簡介
Sasa Horvat is a philosopher and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Health Studies, University of Rijeka, Croatia. His primary research interests include philosophy of religion, neurophilosophy, the cognitive science of religion, autism, and the relationship between science and religion. He is currently the principal investigator of several scientific projects exploring the neuroscience of religion, artificial intelligence/autism/bioethics, and the integration of religion and medicine within holistic approaches to health. Prof. Horvat has led a number of competitive research projects on topics such as evolution and theodicy, religious experience and autism, and the interplay between faith and science. He has published extensively in international scientific journals and is the author or co-author of several books, including "Overcoming Reductionism and Crafting a New Synthesis: Theodicy Confronting Pain and Suffering" (Roszak & Horvat, Springer, 2024), and "Why Do We Believe in God? Philosophical Foundations of the Cognitive Science of Religion" (Krscanska sadasnjost, 2023). He is also the founder and chair of the international interdisciplinary conference "Rijeka Scientific Bridges" held annually in Rijeka, Croatia. Piotr Roszak is an ordinary professor at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland and associated professor at University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, where he obtained his PhD in 2009. He's an ordinary member of Pontifical Academy of St Thomas Aquinas in Rome, the Editor-in-Chief of the journal 'Scientia et Fides' dedicated to science-religion debate. His research interest includes the relationship between science and religion, philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, history of the Spanish-Mozarabic rite, analytic theology and the phenomenon of pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela. Piotr Roszak is also a co-founder and member of the Scientific Council of the "European Journal for the Study of Thomas Aquinas" and a member of the publishing board of "Synderesis" (Spain), "Scrutari Fontes" (Italy). He has obtained several grants from the John Templeton Foundation, the National Science Centre in Poland, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, and the Ministry of Science in Spain. Piotr Roszak is the author of several monographs and collective works, has published more than 140 articles in scientific journals, and is one of the most cited scholars in the humanities according to the ranking of Elsevier and Stanford University (2% of most cited scholars in the world in 2021 and 2023).
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
薩薩·霍瓦特（Sasa Horvat）是克羅埃西亞里耶卡大學醫學院及健康研究院的哲學家及副教授。他的主要研究興趣包括宗教哲學、神經哲學、宗教的認知科學、自閉症，以及科學與宗教之間的關係。他目前是幾個科學項目的主要研究者，這些項目探討宗教的神經科學、人工智慧/自閉症/生物倫理學，以及在整體健康方法中宗教與醫學的整合。霍瓦特教授曾主導多個競爭性研究項目，主題包括進化與神義論、宗教經驗與自閉症，以及信仰與科學之間的相互作用。他在國際科學期刊上發表了大量文章，並且是幾本書的作者或合著者，包括《克服還原主義與創造新綜合：神義論面對痛苦與苦難》（Roszak & Horvat, Springer, 2024）和《我們為何相信上帝？宗教的認知科學的哲學基礎》（Krscanska sadasnjost, 2023）。他也是每年在克羅埃西亞里耶卡舉辦的國際跨學科會議「里耶卡科學橋樑」的創始人及主席。
皮奧特·羅扎克（Piotr Roszak）是波蘭托倫的哥白尼大學的普通教授，並且是西班牙潘普洛納的納瓦拉大學的副教授，他於2009年獲得博士學位。他是羅馬聖多瑪斯·阿奎那教皇學院的普通成員，也是專注於科學與宗教辯論的期刊《Scientia et Fides》的主編。他的研究興趣包括科學與宗教之間的關係、聖多瑪斯·阿奎那的哲學、西班牙-摩薩拉比儀式的歷史、分析神學以及朝聖聖地聖地亞哥·德·孔波斯特拉的現象。皮奧特·羅扎克還是《歐洲聖多瑪斯·阿奎那研究期刊》的共同創始人及科學委員會成員，以及《Synderesis》（西班牙）、《Scrutari Fontes》（意大利）的出版委員會成員。他獲得了約翰·坦普頓基金會、波蘭國家科學中心、科學與高等教育部及西班牙科學部的多項資助。皮奧特·羅扎克是幾本專著和集體著作的作者，已在科學期刊上發表超過140篇文章，根據Elsevier和史丹佛大學的排名，他是人文學科中被引用最多的學者之一（2021年和2023年全球被引用最多的學者中排名前2%）。
