Are we wired for spirituality? An investigation into the claims of neurotheology

This article is an investigation into the field of neurotheology, a controversial field which has attracted criticism from both the scientific and religious community and which is often quite divided among its own practitioners. Regretfully, but not too unexpectedly, science has gotten entangled wit...

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Autor principal: Kyriacou, Demetrios (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: 2018
En: HTS teologiese studies
Año: 2018, Volumen: 74, Número: 3
Otras palabras clave:B Theology
B Spirituality
B Neuroscience
B Neurotheology
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Sumario:This article is an investigation into the field of neurotheology, a controversial field which has attracted criticism from both the scientific and religious community and which is often quite divided among its own practitioners. Regretfully, but not too unexpectedly, science has gotten entangled with ideology, as we shall see, with proponents on all sides of the spectrum using findings from the laboratory in support of their own philosophical positions. We will begin by exploring some definitions of the field and then move on to examine the claims made by the different scientists working in this area, before examining what conclusions we can draw for spirituality.
ISSN:2072-8050
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: HTS teologiese studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.4102/hts.v74i3.4973