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Imaginations of the Heart brings the Hebrew concept of the yetzer, the formed inclination of the heart,
into conversation with current research on the hippocampus and the default mode network, the brain
systems that construct memory, simulate the future and run the mind's inner narrative.
Across five parts and twenty-five chapters, it traces how memory is rebuilt each time it is recalled, how
attention and repetition shape what the heart dwells on, how fear and habit take hold, and how the
renewing of the mind in Romans 12:2 and the guarded thoughts of Philippians 4:8 describe real,
trainable change. Each chapter closes with its sources.
For pastors, counselors, students and thoughtful believers who want theology and neuroscience in the
same room.
Imaginations of the Heart brings the Hebrew concept of the yetzer, the formed inclination of the heart,
into conversation with current research on the hippocampus and the default mode network, the brain
systems that construct memory, simulate the future and run the mind's inner narrative.
Across five parts and twenty-five chapters, it traces how memory is rebuilt each time it is recalled, how
attention and repetition shape what the heart dwells on, how fear and habit take hold, and how the
renewing of the mind in Romans 12:2 and the guarded thoughts of Philippians 4:8 describe real,
trainable change. Each chapter closes with its sources.
For pastors, counselors, students and thoughtful believers who want theology and neuroscience in the
same room.
