Recent brain research revealed dose connections between the human brain and human consciousness. This empirical data has been used to argue for a thorough revision of human self-under standing and has caught die attention even of the wider public. The essay deals with these arguments critically. In a first part it gives a brief review over some relevant issues in neuroscience. In a second part it discusses the proclaimed challenges for our human selftunderstanding from a theological perspective. This discussion concentrates 00 three major issues, namely die question of freedom of will, the quest for die neurophysiological basis of human personality and identity, and die relation between neuroscience and religious experience.

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Theologische Literaturzeitung; 2006/11 Monatsschrift für das gesamte Gebiet der Theologie und Religionswissenschaft (2006)

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Serie / Reihe: Theologische Literaturzeitung

Personen: Evers, Dirk

Schlagwörter: Identität Theologie Menschenbild Selbst Freier Wille Hirnforschung