Abstract
In Augustinian fashion, James B. Ashbrook and Carol Rausch Albright develop a neurotheology that finds evolutionarily based correlations between the functions of the human mind‐brain and the roles God plays in human life. I argue that their assumptions of anthropomorphism, that the human mind‐brain must conceptualize its environment in human terms, and realism, that anthropomorphism is correct, are evolutionarily unlikely. I conclude that the image of God (imago dei) the authors find reflected in the human mind‐brain appears to derive from their Christian religious commitments rather than from evolutionary theory.
Keywords
anthropomorphism, neurotheology, mind‐brain, evolutionary theory, religion, image of God, epistemic realism, science, Augustinianism
How to Cite
Rottschaefer, W., (1999) “The Image of God of Neurotheology: Reflections of Culturally Based Religious Commitments or Evolutionarily Based Neuroscientific Theories?”, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 34(1), 57–65. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/0591-2385.1921999192
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