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Add to the article - 3 scientific inquiries - Van Lommel studies, Phantom Feelings and fMRI and Ganzfeld and Zener cards for the spirit

Scientific inquiries have been underway before the publication of Dennet's book "Breaking the Spell".
- They are the Ganzfeld Raum investigations with the use of Zener cards relevant to the claim that "God is spirit".
- And the fMRI investigations of people who are without limbs for researching "phantom feelings". The nature of spirit in the World.
- And finally the Van Lommel studies of people in the surgery rooms suffering clinical death yet mysteriously surviving, i.e., the soul issues in nature more.
Like it? Cheers! 62.16.181.133 (talk) 22:43, 23 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Reference needed

for the “beneath him” claim. 82.35.81.189 (talk) 06:24, 12 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thomas Nagel had many criticisms of Dennett, but I could not find any directed at this book, so I removed that content.

Otherwise, more citations are needed generally for NPOV, the mass media being favorable, while the religious and philosophical are sparse. The book generated dozens of reviews in academic journals, as a random selection shows:

McKay, Ryan T.; Dennett, Daniel C. (2009). "The Evolution of Misbelief". Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 32 (6): 493–510. doi:10.1017/S0140525X09990975. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
Rachlin, Howard (2007). "Cui Bono? A Review of Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon by Daniel C. Dennett". Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. 87 (1): 143–149. doi:10.1901/jeab.2007.45-06. ISSN 1938-3711. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
Martin, Luther (2008-01-01). "Daniel Dennett's Breaking the Spell: An Unapologetic Apology". Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. 20 (1): 61–66. doi:10.1163/157006808X260223. ISSN 1570-0682. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
Steuer, Max (2006-01-01). "Book Review: Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon". Evolutionary Psychology. 4 (1). doi:10.1177/147470490600400107. ISSN 1474-7049. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
Stausberg, Michael; Geertz, Armin W. (2009-06-19). "On Daniel Dennett, Breaking the Spell (2006) and Richard Dawkins, the God Delusion (2006)". Contemporary Theories of Religion: A Critical Companion. Routledge. p. 242. ISBN 978-1-134-04148-0.
Wills, Bernard; Hynes, Darren (2008). "Biologizing Religion: Dennett' Breaking the Spell". Toronto Journal of Theology. 24 (1): 7–20. doi:10.3138/tjt.24.1.7. ISSN 0826-9831. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
Wiebe, Donald (2008-01-01). "Science, Scholarship and the Domestication of Religion: On Dennett's Breaking the Spell". Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. 20 (1): 54–60. doi:10.1163/157006807X243601. ISSN 1570-0682. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
Dennett, Daniel C.; Marsh, Leslie (2006). "Review of Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon". The Journal of Mind and Behavior. 27 (3/4): 357–366. ISSN 0271-0137. JSTOR 43854172. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
Hynes, Darren; Wills, Bernard (2011). "Politicizing Biology: Daniel Dennett's Breaking the Spell: Part II". Toronto Journal of Theology. 27 (2): 235–248. doi:10.3138/tjt.27.2.235. ISSN 0826-9831. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
Nelson, Rolf A. (2007-04-20). "Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon". The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. 17 (2): 183–185. doi:10.1080/10508610701244296. ISSN 1050-8619. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
Vitz, Rico (2010-02-01). "Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon". Faith and Philosophy. 27 (1): 91–94. doi:10.5840/faithphil20102717. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
Day, Matthew (2008-01-01). "Bridging the Brentano Gorge: An Introduction to Daniel Dennett's Breaking the Spell". Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. 20 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1163/157006808X260296. ISSN 1570-0682. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
Joshi, S. T. (2008). Icons of Unbelief. pp. 1–476. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
Koch, Gretchen (2008-01-01). "Full of Sound and Fury: The Media Response to Dennett". Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. 20 (1): 36–44. doi:10.1163/157006808X260412. ISSN 1570-0682. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
Sutton, Geoffrey W. (2009-09-01). "Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon". Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health. 11 (3): 231–234. doi:10.1080/19349630903080905. ISSN 1934-9637. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
ARMENGOL, GUILLERMO (2007). "DANIEL DENNETT, MEMES AND RELIGION Reasons for the Historical Persistence of Religion". PENSAMIENTO. 63: 815–819. ISSN 0031-4749.
Shermer, Michael (2005-09-22). "Believing in belief". Skeptic (Altadena, CA). 12 (3): 71–73. ISSN 1063-9330. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
(cited) ~~Edgell, Penny (2008-02-01). "Be Still, and Know that i am Bright". Contexts. 7 (1): 64–65. doi:10.1525/ctx.2008.7.1.64. ISSN 1536-5042. Retrieved 2024-12-20.~~
Szocik, Konrad; Messick, Kyle J. (2020-07-09). "Breaking the Spell: Reconsidering Cognitive and Evolutionary Approaches to Atheism". Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. 32 (4–5): 299–327. doi:10.1163/15700682-12341501. ISSN 1570-0682. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
Goodheart, Eugene (2011). "Darwinian Hubris". Michigan Quarterly Review. 50 (1). Retrieved 2024-12-20.
Heinegg, Peter (2006). "Mutualistic? Commensal? Parasitic?". CrossCurrents. 56 (2). Daniel Dennett (ed.): 275–277. ISSN 0011-1953. JSTOR 24460695. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
Pantinga (2007). "The Dawkins Confusion Naturalism ad absurdum" (PDF). Christianity Today. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
Sterelny, Kim (2006). "Escaping Illusion?". American Scientist. 94 (5): 461–463. ISSN 0003-0996. JSTOR 27858841. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
Bovell, Carlos R. (2007-10-01). "If Scientists Can Naturalize God, Should Philosophers Re-Supernaturalize Him?". Theology Today. 64 (3): 340–348. doi:10.1177/004057360706400305. ISSN 0040-5736. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
Schaefer, Donovan O. (2014-08-01). "Blessed, precious mistakes: deconstruction, evolution, and New Atheism in America". International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. 76 (1): 75–94. doi:10.1007/s11153-014-9446-5. ISSN 1572-8684. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
Schulz, Heiko (2007). "Den Bann Brechen?: Daniel Dennett Über Religion". Theologie Und Philosophie. 82 (2): 252–261.

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