The science of spirituality

WBUR's On Point host Jane Clayson:

Science and faith aren't at war with each other, says renowned Harvard psychiatrist George Vaillant. They're just in different parts of the brain.

We're hardwired for faith, hope, love and joy, Vaillant says. There's more spirituality in our genes than perhaps even our Sunday School classes.

Does this sound like sacrilege? Or, solid science?

Either way, it's a big, bold controversial view. And Vaillant comes armed with data from the lab and his own pioneering research into adult development.

Go here to listen.

Vaillant's new book is "Spiritual Evolution: A Scientific Defense of Faith"

Posted by JB Chilton on July 5, 2008 9:02 PM | |
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