Butler University Series on Religion and Society: Mysticism and the Brain
What happens in the brain when a Buddhist monk meditates? When a Catholic nun prays? When an Evangelical Protestant loses themselves in singing? At the turn of the millennium Dr. Andrew Newberg represented a pioneering voice in a field that did not yet exist, namely the neuroscientific study of religious experience. Much has changed in the past 25 years, as neuroscientists and theologians have studied this aspect of human mental experience. In this first public lecture of the series, audiences will hear from Newberg as a leading expert in the field he helped create. Newberg is the author of the classic book Why God Won’t Go Away as well as multiple other studies including How God Changes Your Brain, Neurotheology, and The Varieties of Spiritual Experience.
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Dr. Andrew B. Newberg is the Research Director at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health at Thomas Jefferson University and Hospital in Philadelphia. He has published over 250 peer reviewed articles and chapters on brain function, brain imaging, and the study of religious and mystical experiences. Two of his relevant books include The Varieties of Spiritual Experience: 21st Century Research and Perspectives (Oxford University Press), and The Rabbi’s Brain: Mystics, Moderns, and the Science of Jewish Thinking (Turner).