All in the Mind?

Does neuroscience challenge faith? Are we mere neural machines? Are religious experiences just ¿in the mind¿, the products of abnormal ¿brain events¿? Is faith just a side-effect of evolution? Not according to neuroscientist Peter Clarke, who has spent years, as an academic, studying the brain. In this comprehensive study of the facts, he considers how the brain works, what it means to be human, near death experiences, the idea of the soul, and questions of free will and responsibility, taking on the leading thinkers in these areas, including Francis Crick, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Daniel Wegner. Clarke uses up-to-date research to provide a grounded and balanced approach to this topical debate.