The Spiritual Brain: Science and Religious Experience

The Spiritual Brain: Science and Religious Experience « Series from 2026

Series from 2026

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The religious impulse is so powerfully pervasive that neuroscience has posed a provocative question: Are our brains wired to worship?

In The Spiritual Brain: Science and Religious Experience, you'll explore the new and exciting field of neurotheology, a discipline aimed at understanding the connections between our brains and different kinds of religious phenomena.

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A New Perspective on Ancient Questions

Why Do We Have a Spiritual Brain?

Brain Function and Religion

How Does Science Study Religion?

Believers and Atheists

Spiritual Development

The Myth-Making Brain

The Brain and Religious Rituals

The Biology of Spiritual Practices

Religion and Health

Religion and Mental Health

Religion and Brain Dysfunction

Transmitters to God

Stimulated States and Religious Experiences

Near-Death Experiences and the Brain

The Believing Brain

The Brain's Influence on Religious Ideas

Revelation, Salvation, and the Brain

The Brain's Influence on Religious Behavior

How the Brain Changes God

How God Changes the Brain

Why God Won't Go Away

The Mystical Mind

Reality and Beyond