Dr. Andrew Newberg

One of them is that for me, neurotheology is a two way street, I like to say, which is that it's not just science looking at religion. It's not just religion looking at science, but it's really the two of them looking at each other and ultimately looking at ourselves as human beings and trying to help us understand who we are and how we engage the world around us.

And with that in mind, so the neuro side and the theology side to me also need to be defined very broadly. And the neuro side is not just neuroscience, but it's neuroimaging, it is psychology, it's anthropology. It's all the ways that we really get at our mind, our consciousness, and how we are and how we think as human beings.

And with that in mind, so the neuro side and the theology side to me also need to be defined very broadly. And the neuro side is not just neuroscience, but it's neuroimaging, it is psychology, it's anthropology. It's all the ways that we really get at our mind, our consciousness, and how we are and how we think as human beings.

And with that in mind, so the neuro side and the theology side to me also need to be defined very broadly. And the neuro side is not just neuroscience, but it's neuroimaging, it is psychology, it's anthropology. It's all the ways that we really get at our mind, our consciousness, and how we are and how we think as human beings.

The theology side, theology itself is a specific discipline where you're analyzing a religious tradition, the sacred text and so forth, and trying to break it out and really try to understand it, which is certainly something that we can look at, which is how do we think about these very big questions about the nature of free will, the nature of our relationship with some higher being or with the universe in some way, all these really deep philosophical questions.

The theology side, theology itself is a specific discipline where you're analyzing a religious tradition, the sacred text and so forth, and trying to break it out and really try to understand it, which is certainly something that we can look at, which is how do we think about these very big questions about the nature of free will, the nature of our relationship with some higher being or with the universe in some way, all these really deep philosophical questions.

The theology side, theology itself is a specific discipline where you're analyzing a religious tradition, the sacred text and so forth, and trying to break it out and really try to understand it, which is certainly something that we can look at, which is how do we think about these very big questions about the nature of free will, the nature of our relationship with some higher being or with the universe in some way, all these really deep philosophical questions.

But it goes beyond that too, which is that it's not just theology proper, but it is the evaluation of different practices, meditation, prayer, and so forth, different experiences, spiritual experiences, mystical experiences, and so forth. So it's all the ways in which a person is religious or spiritual that makes up the theology side.

But it goes beyond that too, which is that it's not just theology proper, but it is the evaluation of different practices, meditation, prayer, and so forth, different experiences, spiritual experiences, mystical experiences, and so forth. So it's all the ways in which a person is religious or spiritual that makes up the theology side.

But it goes beyond that too, which is that it's not just theology proper, but it is the evaluation of different practices, meditation, prayer, and so forth, different experiences, spiritual experiences, mystical experiences, and so forth. So it's all the ways in which a person is religious or spiritual that makes up the theology side.

And so if you define those two aspects of neurotheology very broadly, I think you have a very rich, exciting and expansive field of work that can utilize many different approaches. There can be philosophical debates. There can be brain imaging studies. There can be health-related studies. There can be moral arguments. There are all these different kinds of questions that we can look at.

And so if you define those two aspects of neurotheology very broadly, I think you have a very rich, exciting and expansive field of work that can utilize many different approaches. There can be philosophical debates. There can be brain imaging studies. There can be health-related studies. There can be moral arguments. There are all these different kinds of questions that we can look at.

And so if you define those two aspects of neurotheology very broadly, I think you have a very rich, exciting and expansive field of work that can utilize many different approaches. There can be philosophical debates. There can be brain imaging studies. There can be health-related studies. There can be moral arguments. There are all these different kinds of questions that we can look at.

So there's really a tremendous amount of things for us to try to evaluate through this lens of neurotheology. And I do hope that, going back to what we were just talking about, I hope that it recognizes the importance of these two fundamental

So there's really a tremendous amount of things for us to try to evaluate through this lens of neurotheology. And I do hope that, going back to what we were just talking about, I hope that it recognizes the importance of these two fundamental

So there's really a tremendous amount of things for us to try to evaluate through this lens of neurotheology. And I do hope that, going back to what we were just talking about, I hope that it recognizes the importance of these two fundamental

sides of humanity, the religious and spiritual side, which has been with us since the dawn of human history and the technology science side of us, which has also been there since the dawn of history. I think to me, it makes sense to bring those two sides of us together to try to help us figure out who we are.

sides of humanity, the religious and spiritual side, which has been with us since the dawn of human history and the technology science side of us, which has also been there since the dawn of history. I think to me, it makes sense to bring those two sides of us together to try to help us figure out who we are.

sides of humanity, the religious and spiritual side, which has been with us since the dawn of human history and the technology science side of us, which has also been there since the dawn of history. I think to me, it makes sense to bring those two sides of us together to try to help us figure out who we are.

Well, I think it ultimately comes down to how we understand ourselves and our place within the world. And so the idea of when we look out at the world, it probably stems from a kind of a fundamental challenge that we all face. And I talk about this a lot. I wrote a book on why we believe what we believe, where we discuss this.