How God Changes Your Brain
Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist
Published on 24. March 2009
368 pages
978-0-345-51279-6 (ISBN)
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God is great--for your mental, physical, and spiritual health. Based on new evidence culled from brain-scan studies, a wide-reaching survey of people's religious and spiritual experiences, and the authors' analyses of adult drawings of God, neuroscientist Andrew Newberg and therapist Mark Robert Waldman offer the following breakthrough discoveries: * Not only do prayer and spiritual practice reduce stress, but just twelve minutes of meditation per day may slow down the aging process. * Contemplating a loving God rather than a punitive God reduces anxiety and depression and increases feelings of security, compassion, and love. * Fundamentalism, in and of itself, can be personally beneficial, but the prejudice generated by extreme beliefs can permanently damage your brain. * Intense prayer and meditation permanently change numerous structures and functions in the brain, altering your values and the way you perceive reality. Both a revelatory work of modern science and a practical guide for readers to enhance their physical and emotional health, How God Changes Your Brain is a first-of-a-kind book about faith that is as credible as it is inspiring.
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Persons
Andrew Newberg, M.D., is the director of the Center for Spirituality and the Mind at the University of Pennsylvania. He is one of the founders of the new interdisciplinary field called neurotheology. He is an associate professor in the department of radiology, with secondary appointments in the departments of psychiatry and religious studies, at the University of Pennsylvania. His work has been featured on Good Morning America, Nightline, Discovery Channel, BBC, NPR, and National Geographic Television. He is the co-author of Why God Won't Go Away, Born to Believe, and The Mystical Mind.
Mark Robert Waldman is an associate fellow at the Center for Spirituality and the Mind at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a therapist, the author or co-author of ten books, including Born to Believe (with Andrew Newberg), and was the founding editor of Transpersonal Review. He lectures throughout the country on neuroscience, religion, and spirituality and conducts research with numerous religious and secular groups. His work has been featured in dozens of newspapers and magazines and on syndicated radio programs.
Mark Robert Waldman is an associate fellow at the Center for Spirituality and the Mind at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a therapist, the author or co-author of ten books, including Born to Believe (with Andrew Newberg), and was the founding editor of Transpersonal Review. He lectures throughout the country on neuroscience, religion, and spirituality and conducts research with numerous religious and secular groups. His work has been featured in dozens of newspapers and magazines and on syndicated radio programs.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Author's Note
- Part 1 - Religion and the Human Brain
- Chapter 1 - Who Cares about God?: Prelude to a Neurological and Spiritual Revolution
- Chapter 2 - Do You Even Need God When You Pray?: Meditation, Memory, and the Aging Brain
- Chapter 3 - What Does God Do to Your Brain?: The Neural Varieties of Spiritual Practice
- Part 2 - Neural Evolution and God
- Chapter 4 - What Does God Feel Like?: The Varieties of Spiritual Experience
- Chapter 5 - What Does God Look Like?: Imagination, Creativity, and the Visual: Representation of Spirituality
- Chapter 6 - Does God Have a Heart?: Compassion, Mysticism, and the Spiritual Personalities of the Brain
- Chapter 7 - What Happens When God Gets Mad?: Anger, Fear, and the Fundamentalist in Our Brain
- Part 3 - Transforming Your Inner Reality
- Chapter 8 - Exercising Your Brain: Eight Ways to Enhance Your Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Health
- Chapter 9 - Finding Serenity: Meditation, Intention, Relaxation, and Awareness
- Chapter 10 - Compassionate Communication: Dialogue, Intimacy, and Conflict Transformation
- Epilogue - Is God Real? A Personal Reflection
- Appendix A - Compassionate Communication CDs, Workshops, and Online Research
- Appendix B - How To Participate in Our Research Studies
- Appendix C - Meditation and Mindfulness Books, CDs, and Resources
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Endnotes
- Other Books By This Author
- About the Authors
