Neuroscience essay

Here I am thinking about this essay - due tomorrow (yes I am very disorganised and fairly unwise when it comes to big assignments and doing them last minute).

From lecture 11 - "Mind, Soul, Spirit and Consciousness", these are some of the questions that may be pertinent to my essay:

*Epiphenomenalism: The conscious mental life is a by-product of physical processes in the brain. - implies that psychology will reduce to neuroscience.
*Is there a genetic element influencing religious behaviour? Do identical twins end up with the same religious beliefs? The answer here seems to be that genetics is a factor but not the only factor.
*Particular regions of the brain are associated with particular cognitive tasks (PET studies show this). [PET = Positron Emission Tomography].

I think that the way to go is not to try to say what is right or not but to simply look at the studies that have been done, to outline their findings and to possibly conclude what seems to be likely and what effects this has on faith.