Neurotheology Psychology and Religion Psychology

Neurotheology Psychology and Religion Psychology

Neurotheology

This is a new category for an emerging field of study, the relationship between the brain and religion or religious experience.

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- Author of the book "Neurotheology: Virtual Religion in the 21st Century", and possibly the originator of the term.
- Article building on work of Persinger and d'Aquili, looking at near-death experiences with neuroimaging.
- Paper by Olaf Blanke and team on the neurocognitive bases of out-of-body (OBE) experiences, from Journal of Neuroscience.
- A brief but balanced overview of the field.
- Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry article finding that epilepsy patients with high religiosity had smaller right hippocampi.
- Is a part of our brains hardwired to generate religious feelings? Program summary for a BBC neurotheology special.
- Julian Jaynes, 20th century scientist and thinker, author of "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind", believed that religion is a throwback to pre-conscious bicamerality.
- Website for Matthew Alper's book which suggests that "humans are innately hard-wired to perceive a spiritual reality".
- Summary of "Zen and the Brain", James H. Austin's definitive work tracing the neuroscientific aspects of Zen.
- Article from "Science and Theology News" describing the neuroimaging of praying nuns performed by University of Montreal researcher Mario Beauregard.
- Articles on spiritual experience and magnetic signal brain stimulation by one of Michael Persinger's students.
- Article by Drs. Andrew Newberg and Eugene D'Aquili on the biological mechanisms underlying religious and spiritual experience, from the PBS "The Question of God" series.
- Wired article on relationship between Tibetan meditation and the brain.
- Geneticist and author of "The God Gene: How Faith is Hardwired into our Genes".
- Wired Magazine interview of Michael Persinger, leading figure in the reductionist school of neurotheology.
- Review of literature on neuropsychology of religious experiences, including temporal lobe model, D'Aquili's model for meditative states, and substance-induced religious experience.
- Economist article giving overview of recent research in neurotheology.
- BYU scholars give a brief overview of neurotheology, and ponder the neurological basis of Joseph Smith's revelations.
- Home page of Dr. Michael Persinger, leading neurotheology theoretician at Laurentian University.
- Online portions of a book by the same name, reviewing scientific studies, discussing behavioral effects, and giving subjective reports. Searchable bibliography on meditation research.
- Home page of Andrew Newberg, MD, leading neurotheology researcher who conducted famous neuroimaging studies on monks; collaborator with Dr. Eugene d’Aquili; author of "Mystical Mind" and "Why God Won't Go Away".
- Swedish researchers conduct a double-blind study said to debunk Persinger's theories of magnetic stimulation causing religious experiences, as reported in Nature.
- Materials accompanying a TV special on body and mind, with an brief overview of older theories and notable neurotheology research.
- Article covering meditation and its relationship to the metabolism, autonomic nervous system, endocrine system, and central nervous system.
- Overview of the "Reductionist" and "Religionist" schools within the neurotheology field, by Jonathon Scott Feit, University Professors at BU.
- Paper outlining an evolutionary neuropsychological foundation for spiritual and religious experiences, focusing on archetypes.
- A site dedicated to Dr. Melvin Morse's scientific research of near death experiences, especially in children, and their connection to the right temporal lobe of the brain.
- Scientist and author focusing on the relationships among neuroscience, religious experience, theology, and complexity studies.
- The Guardian newspaper's review of Pascal Boyer's book "Religion Explained".
- Overview article from Times Online, dicussing Persinger, Blanke, Newberg.
- Newsweek article that brought neurotheology widespread popular recognition.
- Anthropologist, professor at Washington University, author of the book "Religion Explained", and proponent of the theory that the human mind is predisposed to hold and spread certain types of religious beliefs.
- Bibliography of hundreds of scientific studies on the effects of Transcendental Meditation, including improved brain functioning.
- Washington Post article by Shankar Vedantam on researchers examining the relationship between brain and religion.
- Dr. Michael Winkelman, Anthropology Professor at Arizona State and author of "Shamanism: The Neural Economy of Consciousness", discusses the neurological basis of shamanism, mankind's oldest spiritual practice.

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