The spiritual brain : science and religious experience - Newberg, Andrew B., 1966-; Teaching Company (Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., 2012)
Disc 1. 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 -- Disc 2. 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 -- Disc 3. Transmitters to God -- Stimulated states and religious experiences -- Near-death experiences and the brain -- The believeing brain -- The brain's influence on religious ideas -- Revelation, salvation, and the brain -- Disc 4. 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.
DVD.
Lecturer: Andrew newberg, Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
Accompanying course guidebook includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: Psychology, Religious; Brain -- Religious aspects; Theological anthropology; Human beings; Neurosciences; Spirituality; Instructional films; Filmed lectures; Nonfiction films