When we think about the relationship between the brain and Judaism there are many possibilities to explore, ranging from the practical to the esoteric. Over the past twenty years there has been a growing development in this field, which some have referred to as neurotheology. Broadly speaking, neurotheology is a multidisciplinary field of study that seeks to understand the relationship specific...

"Neurotheology" refers to the multidisciplinary field of scholarship that seeks to understand the relationship between the human brain and religion. In its initial development, neurotheology has been conceived in very broad terms relating to the intersection between religion and brain sciences in general. The author's main objective is to introduce neurotheology in general and provides a basis ...

Andrew B. Newberg: From my perspective, neurotheology is an area of study that dates back thousands of years. Study of the sacred texts of Buddhist and Hindu thinking reveals a significant interest in the nature of the human psyche and how practices such as meditation affect us. Even in Western Judeo– Christian traditions, there is an emphasis on human behaviors and how our minds and brains hel...

“Neurotheology” has garnered substantial attention in the academic and lay communities in recent years. As would be expected, there have been many positive and negative responses to purported neurotheological studies. The attempt to integrate neuropsychology and theology has been extremely controversial and often dismissed as an attempt to integrate i...

neurotheology is a modern field that seek to justify religious experiences. neurotheology consist of to main fields: neuroscience and theology. this two fields mixed together and became new field. in contrast, other sientists opposed with neurothology and it's issues. they utilize neuroscience and prove that religious experiences are false and fiction. here at first we describe neurotheolo...

My goal is to outline an evolutionary neuropsychological foundation for spiritual and religious experiences. Central to this account are concepts from archetypal psychology, which, on the one hand, explain the structure of common religious experiences, but, on the other, are grounded in ethology and evolutionary biology. From this it follows that certain religious phenomena are objective, in th...