Neurotheology
"Neurotheology": A semantic trap set by pseudo-science for the unwary scientist
Article claiming there is no scientific rationale for the nouveau term "Neurotheology", and that researchers working on topics relating to religion should stick to the co…
A Mystical Union
Economist article giving overview of recent research in neurotheology.
Are We Hardwired for God?
The Guardian newspaper's review of Pascal Boyer's book "Religion Explained".
BBC - Science & Nature - Horizon - God on the Brain
Is a part of our brains hardwired to generate religious feelings? Program summary for a BBC neurotheology special.
Body and Mind
Materials accompanying a TV special on body and mind, with an brief overview of older theories and notable neurotheology research.
Doubt cast on theory that magnetic fields spark religious feelings
Swedish researchers conduct a double-blind study said to debunk Persinger's theories of magnetic stimulation causing religious experiences, as reported in Nature.
Evolutionary Neurotheology and the Varieties of Religious Experience
Article by Bruce McLennan of University of Tennessee, outlining a neuropsychological approach to religious experience based on archetypal psychology.
Ghosts in a machine
Overview article from Times Online, dicussing Persinger, Blanke, Newberg.
Guardian Unlimited | Life | Tests of faith
Article discussing evolutionary, anthropological (Boyer), and neuroscientific (Ramachandran, Newberg) aspects of religion.
How the Brain Creates God
Broad-ranging overview by Iona Miller, touching on archetypes, NDEs, drugs, trances, TMS, and shamanism.
Linking Out-of-Body Experience and Self Processing to Mental Own-Body Imagery at the Temporoparietal Junction
Paper by Olaf Blanke and team on the neurocognitive bases of out-of-body (OBE) experiences, from Journal of Neuroscience.
Meditation and the Brain
Report on a conference held by MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research, bringing together Buddhists and neuroscientists.
Meridian Magazine :: Neurotheology
BYU scholars give a brief overview of neurotheology, and ponder the neurological basis of Joseph Smith's revelations.
Neurological Correlates of Transformational Experiences
Article building on work of Persinger and d'Aquili, looking at near-death experiences with neuroimaging.
Neurology of Spiritual Experiences
Articles on spiritual experience and magnetic signal brain stimulation by one of Michael Persinger's students.
Neurotheology & Shamanism
Dr. Michael Winkelman, Anthropology Professor at Arizona State and author of "Shamanism: The Neural Economy of Consciousness", discusses the neurological basis of shamani…
Numenware, a blog about neurotheology
Frequently updated blog about neurotheology. Also covers some general neuroscience, Dogen, language, and Japan topics.
On the Neuropsychology of Religious Experiences
Review of literature on neuropsychology of religious experiences, including temporal lobe model, D'Aquili's model for meditative states, and substance-induced religious experience.
Physiology of meditation
Article covering meditation and its relationship to the metabolism, autonomic nervous system, endocrine system, and central nervous system.
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