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Fingerprints of God: The Search for the Science of Spirituality (Hardcover)

By: Barbara Bradley Hagerty (Author) and Barbara Hagerty (Author)

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"The real beauty of this book lies in watching Hagerty gracefully balance her own trust in faith and science and, in the end, come down with one foot planted firmly in both." (starred review)

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From the award-winning NPR religion correspondent comes a fascinating investigation of how science is seeking to answer the question that has puzzled humanity for generations: Can science explain God?
Is spiritual experience real or a delusion? Are there realities that we can experience but not easily measure? Does your consciousness depend entirely on your brain, or does it extend beyond? In "Fingerprints of God," award-winning journalist Barbara Bradley Hagerty delves into the discoveries science is making about how faith and spirituality affect us physically and emotionally as it attempts to understand whether the ineffable place beyond this world can be rationally aeven scientificallyaexplained.
Hagerty interviews some of the worldas top scientists to describe what their groundbreaking research reveals about our human spiritual experience. From analyses of the brain functions of Buddhist monks and Carmelite nuns, to the possibilities of healing the sick through directed prayer, to what near-death experiences illuminate about the afterlife, Hagerty reaches beyond what we think we know to understand what happens to us when we believe in a higher power.
Paralleling the discoveries of science is Hagertyas own account of her spiritual evolution. Raised a Christian Scientist, she was a scrupulous adherent until a small moment as an adult triggered a revaluation of her beliefs, which in turn led her to a new way of thinking about God and faith.
An insightful examination of what science is learning about how and why we believe, "Fingerprints of God" is also a moving story of one personas search for a communion with a higher power and what she discovered on that journey.

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In her first book, NPR correspondent Barbara Bradley Hagerty tries to integrate the increasingly divergent ideas of science and religion. An avowed Christian, Hagerty hopes to find some scientific basis for religious belief, as she investigates the "God gene," explores the neurological foundations of faith, and attends a shamanistic peyote ceremony. While she purports to be functioning as a reporter in pursuit of universal truths, as the book progresses it becomes evident that her own personal spiritual journey takes precedence, which actually increases the reader's connection to her quest for a compromise between science and faith.

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