Michael R. Trimble, M.D., is a professor of behavioral neurology at the Institute of Neurology, University of London.

This book exists... to explain matters of the heart using our knowledge of the mind... A host of professional students, clinicians, educators, and other well-read individuals will find this worthy of a close and careful read. -- Mark H. Fleisher JAMA 2007 Perfect for either college-level collections strong in science, health, or social science and for public lending collections alike... An intriguing, lively survey. Midwest Book Review 2007 A highly thought-provoking excursion. Scientific American Mind 2007 This scholarly, yet provocative, book from an insightful, observant neurologist... is rich with thought-provoking ideas. -- Chris McManus British Journal of Psychiatry 2008

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Where Did It All Begin?2. The Neuroanatomy of Emotion3. Language and the Human Brain4. The Other Way of Using Language5. The Breakdown of Language6. Music and the Brain7. Neurotheology I: Epilepsy8. Neurotheology II: Other Neurological Conditions9. God, Music, and the Poetry of the BrainEpilogueAppendix I: Brief Biographies of Some Poets with Bipolar DisorderAppendix II: Some Notable Religious PoetsNotesReferencesIndex

Michael R. Trimble, M.D., is a professor of behavioral neurology at the Institute of Neurology, University of London.

This book exists... to explain matters of the heart using our knowledge of the mind... A host of professional students, clinicians, educators, and other well-read individuals will find this worthy of a close and careful read. -- Mark H. Fleisher JAMA 2007 Perfect for either college-level collections strong in science, health, or social science and for public lending collections alike... An intriguing, lively survey. Midwest Book Review 2007 A highly thought-provoking excursion. Scientific American Mind 2007 This scholarly, yet provocative, book from an insightful, observant neurologist... is rich with thought-provoking ideas. -- Chris McManus British Journal of Psychiatry 2008

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Where Did It All Begin?2. The Neuroanatomy of Emotion3. Language and the Human Brain4. The Other Way of Using Language5. The Breakdown of Language6. Music and the Brain7. Neurotheology I: Epilepsy8. Neurotheology II: Other Neurological Conditions9. God, Music, and the Poetry of the BrainEpilogueAppendix I: Brief Biographies of Some Poets with Bipolar DisorderAppendix II: Some Notable Religious PoetsNotesReferencesIndex

Michael R. Trimble, M.D., is a professor of behavioral neurology at the Institute of Neurology, University of London.

This book exists... to explain matters of the heart using our knowledge of the mind... A host of professional students, clinicians, educators, and other well-read individuals will find this worthy of a close and careful read. -- Mark H. Fleisher JAMA 2007 Perfect for either college-level collections strong in science, health, or social science and for public lending collections alike... An intriguing, lively survey. Midwest Book Review 2007 A highly thought-provoking excursion. Scientific American Mind 2007 This scholarly, yet provocative, book from an insightful, observant neurologist... is rich with thought-provoking ideas. -- Chris McManus British Journal of Psychiatry 2008

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Where Did It All Begin?2. The Neuroanatomy of Emotion3. Language and the Human Brain4. The Other Way of Using Language5. The Breakdown of Language6. Music and the Brain7. Neurotheology I: Epilepsy8. Neurotheology II: Other Neurological Conditions9. God, Music, and the Poetry of the BrainEpilogueAppendix I: Brief Biographies of Some Poets with Bipolar DisorderAppendix II: Some Notable Religious PoetsNotesReferencesIndex