‘The left hemisphere of the brain, without sufficient input from the right, is overconfident.’

Arguments about God, says Jacqui Poole, might just come down to the way we choose to think about them

by Jacqui Poole 13th September 2019

I wonder how many readers of the Friend are familiar with The Master and his Emissary by Iain McGilchrist. I ask because the weight of McGilchrist’s arguments, and his overarching purpose in writing the book, seem to me to have a bearing on the dialogues and dichotomies that dance across these pages as week succeeds week.