I heard about this book from my BIL who is in seminary. The reason I gave it 3 stars and not 4 was that I found it pretty heavy, academic reading. I used to enjoy this kind of stuff more, but now with my limited sleep schedule I find it difficult to plow through something like this. Still, it was a unique take on integrating neuroscience with theology, and it presents some very provocative challenges to "Christian" ideas such as: existence of a "soul" that somehow survives th More...

Joel Green's commentary on Luke is one of my favorites, so I started reading this book with high hopes. Unfortunately, Green's depth of insight into neuroscience is not nearly as deep as into first-century culture. This book purports to deal with neuroscience and theology, and it touches on both. But it never achieves the depth that one would expect. It gives some interesting facts about neuroscience. It points out that neuroscience does not find any evidence for belief in a soul. I know, you ar More...