What Your Body Knows About God: How We Are Designed to Connect, Serve and Thrive

Authors

Rob Moll

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Publisher's Note

Taken from What Your Body Knows About God by Rob Moll. Copyright (c) 2014 by Rob Moll. Used by permission of InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515-1426. http://www.ivpress.com/

Description

Have you ever had an experience where you felt particularly aware of God? If God is real, and we are created in God's image, then it makes sense that our minds and bodies would be designed with the perceptive ability to sense and experience God. Scientists are now discovering ways that our bodies are designed to connect with God. Brain research shows that our brain systems are wired to enable us to have spiritual experiences. The spiritual circuits that are used in prayer or worship are also involved in developing compassion for others. Our bodies have actually been created to love God and serve our neighbors. Award-winning journalist Rob Moll chronicles the fascinating ways in which our brains and bodies interact with God and spiritual realities. He reports on neuroscience findings that show how our brains actually change and adapt when engaged in spiritual practices. We live longer, healthier, happier and more fulfilling lives when we cultivate the biological spiritual capacity that puts us in touch with God. God has created our bodies to fulfill the Great Commandment; we are hardwired to commune with God and to have compassion and community with other people. Moll explores the neuroscience of prayer, how liturgy helps us worship, why loving God causes us to love others, and how a life of love and service leads to the abundant life for which we were created. Just as our physical bodies require exercise to stay healthy, so too can spiritual exercises and practices revitalize our awareness of God. Heighten your spiritual senses and discover how you have been designed for physical and spiritual flourishing.

ISBN

9780830836772

Publication Date

9-26-2014

Keywords

Spiritual life, human body, Christianity

Publisher

IVP Books

City

Downers Grove, IL

Disciplines

Neuroscience and Neurobiology | Religion

Comments

Class of 2001

Recommended Citation

Moll, Rob, "What Your Body Knows About God: How We Are Designed to Connect, Serve and Thrive" (2014). Alumni Book Gallery. 416.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/alum_books/416