TY - ADVS AU - Newberg,Andrew B. ED - Teaching Company. TI - The spiritual brain: science and religious experience T2 - Great courses. Topic, science & mathematics, subtopic, psychology SN - 9781598038859 PY - 2012/// CY - Chantilly, VA PB - Teaching Co. KW - Psychology, Religious KW - Brain KW - Religious aspects KW - Theological anthropology KW - Human beings KW - Neurosciences KW - Spirituality KW - Instructional films KW - lcgft KW - Filmed lectures KW - Nonfiction films N1 - Accompanying course guidebook includes bibliographical references; 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; Lecturer: Andrew newberg, Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital ER -