neurotheology in a sentence

• The use of the term neurotheology in published scientific work is currently uncommon.
• Neurotheology is a controversial field which tries to find neural correlates and mechanisms of religious experience.
• Proponents of neurotheology say there is a neurological and evolutionary basis for subjective experiences traditionally categorized as spiritual or religious.
• "Neurotheology " is a neologism that describes the scientific study of the neural correlates of religious or spiritual beliefs and practices.
• He is primarily notable for his experimental work in the field of neurotheology, work which has been increasingly criticized in recent years.
• I've read articles by reputable neuroscientists on neurotheology, even though it's a new area of research whose conclusions are often controversial.
• In addition to its analysis of the Kerrey revelations, Newsweek ( $ 3.95 ) delves into the controversial topic of " neurotheology ."
• Cover story looks at the new field of " neurotheology, " in which researchers are trying to determine how spiritual experiences are rooted in the brain.
• Crick's suggestion that there might someday be a new science of " biochemical theology " seems to have been realized under an alternative name : there is now the new field of neurotheology.
• Some of the company's nonfiction books concern astrobiology, the science of consciousness and, in a recent collection of essays, neurotheology _ the study of the relationship between brain function and spiritual experience.
• It's difficult to see neurotheology in a sentence .
• If it is clear that a particular statistical or psychological study about romantic love or religious ecstasy ( see neurotheology ) captures only a tiny fraction of such human experiences, literary accounts and simplified verbal models also cannot adequately convey their full complexity.
• However, it has also been argued " that neurotheology should be conceived and practiced within a theological framework . " Furthermore, it has been suggested that creating a separate category for this kind of research is moot since conventional Behavioural and Social Neurosciences disciplines can handle any empirical investigation of this nature.
• The series " It's a Wonderful Afterlife : Further Adventures into the Flipside Volume One " and Volume Two includes interviews with Dr . Bruce Greyson on consciousness and the near-death experience, Gary Schwartz on his research into consciousness, and Mario Beauregard on his research in neurotheology.
• :I'm not sure that any of us have really addressed the questioner's question " what factors influence whether someone has faith ? " I'm not going to either but I will provide links to neurotheology and Michael Persinger's " God helmet " as they might be of interest to the questioner . "'talk "'15 : 50, 8 September 2010 ( UTC)