Talking with God

Paul Johnson is Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Wyoming, a recent PhD in Science and Religion at the University of Edinburgh, and a current Master of Divinity student at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois.  His academic publications include planetary and extragalactic astronomy as well as bacterial and chemical detection systems for environmental and medical applications. He has authored/coauthored forty-four journal articles and one textbook.

• Part I – Inspiration, Imagination, Language, and Prayer.- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Language-Enabled Inspiration Model of Divine Action.- Chapter 2 Inspiration and Imagination Enabled by Brain Architecture.- Chapter 3 DialogicPrayer as a Conversation with God.- Part II – Thought as a Physical Process.- Chapter 4 Inner Speech: Narrative Consciousness and the Capacity for Relationships.- Chapter 5 The Brain as a Hypothesis-Generating Machine: Modeling Inner Speech and Hearing.- Chapter 6 Embodiment of Beliefs and a Sense of Reality.- Chapter 7 Cultivating Cognitive Change with Words.- Part III – The Language-Enabled Inspiration Model: Bridging Science and Religion.- Chapter 8. Language-Enabled Inspiration – The Theological and Metaphysical Perspectives.- Chapter 9. Concluding Remarks: Wherever the Holy Spirit Resides, there is Freedom.