Neurons of Jesus
Neurons of Jesus

Author: Abhijit Naskar

Publisher: Neuro Cookies

Published:

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 1386714208

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“All of Christ’s philosophical ideas can be compressed into one simple phrase – Love thy neighbor. It elucidates the innate human kindness in the simplest manner. No creed, no institution, no book can claim the exclusive possession of this simple yet magnificent phrase of human excellence. It does not come from any book. It was born from the crying urge of humanity to break free from the shackles of orthodox indoctrination.” Abhijit Naskar is one of twenty first century’s most influential minds in Neuroscience and an untiring advocate of global harmony and peace. He became a beloved best-selling author all over the world with his very first book The Art of Neuroscience in Everything, that heralded the advent of a beautiful scientific philosophy. Neurons of Jesus is Naskar’s rejuvenating neuroscientific investigation of Christ’s philosophy. With a researcher’s flair for fresh approaches to ancient issues, he tackles the mystical controversies surrounding Christianity and Christ’s divinity. In his peerless explanatory ways, Naskar boldly reveals, Jesus was a glorious human being full of love and compassion, who stepped outside the orthodox cocoon of theoretical religion and attempted to make the society get rid of religious dogma.

How God Changes Your Brain
How God Changes Your Brain

Author: Andrew Newberg, M.D.

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Published: 2009-03-24

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0345512790

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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.

The Brain and the Spirit
The Brain and the Spirit

Author: Gena St. David

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2021-10-29

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 1725275104

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The Brain and the Spirit invites readers to embark on a practice of listening to the Christ story through the earpiece of neuroscience. After many years steeped in brain science, the author had an unexpected encounter with a theologian, James Alison, whose trust in God and forgiveness toward others appeared to defy neurobiological explanation. How did his encounter with the Christ story produce in him the Christlike responses that it did? This question launched the author on a thrilling quest to listen to the scriptures and take up questions of creation, humanity, sin, Jesus, salvation, the Spirit, and the body of Christ, to hear what might get amplified by our ever-expanding understanding of the human brain. Readers are invited to eavesdrop on the twists and turns of the author's story and take up their own practice of listening to the Spirit, scripture and theology through the earpiece of neuroscience, and to become curious how the Christ story may spark trust which unlocks our brain's capacity to engage reality with relationality, kindness, creativity, and access to joy.

What Your Body Knows About God
What Your Body Knows About God

Author: Rob Moll

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2014-10-10

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 0830896708

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Scientists are now discovering ways that our bodies are designed to connect with God. Award-winning journalist Rob Moll explores the fascinating ways in which our brains and bodies interact with God and spiritual realities, using neuroscience to show how our brains actually change and adapt when engaged in spiritual practices.

The Spiritual Doorway in the Brain
The Spiritual Doorway in the Brain

Author: Kevin Nelson

Publisher: Penguin Group

Published: 2012-02-28

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0452297583

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"Bold, provocative, and highly readable." -V. S. Ramachandran, M.D., author of Phantoms in the Brain What are near-death experiences, out-of-body sensations, and spiritual ecstasy? And what do they have in common? Perhaps no one is more qualified to answer these questions than renowned neurobiologist Dr. Kevin Nelson. Drawing on his more than three decades of groundbreaking research into the "borderlands of consciousness," Dr. Nelson offers an unprecedented journey into the site of spiritual experience: the brain. Filled with amazing firsthand accounts as varied as a patient seeing the devil battling with his guardian angel to a man watching the universe synchronize around a pinball machine, The Spiritual Doorway in the Brain is an eloquent examination of our brains' spiritual "hardwiring" that will enthrall believers and skeptics alike.

Jesus and the Bicameral Brain
Jesus and the Bicameral Brain

Author: James P. Danaher

Publisher:

Published: 2021-09

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9781557789471

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When the church of five hundred years ago started selling indulgences, it was time to rethink the gospel. JWhen today's Christianity is reduced to a gospel of material prosperity and the service of political issues like abortion and homosexuality, it is time to rethink the gospel and rediscover Jesus' words. The gospel is not something to know but something to be, but the words of Jesus are never compatible with the left-brain's knowing that we have inherited from the world. Jesus' words are meant to be experienced from that level of consciousness that takes us beyond what we know in order to experience the transformative journey that is the gospel.

Finding God in the Waves
Finding God in the Waves

Author: Mike McHargue

Publisher: Convergent Books

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1101906049

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"'Science Mike' draws on his personal experience to tell the unlikely story of how science led him back to faith. Among other revelations, we learn what brain scans reveal about what happens when we pray, how fundamentalism affects the psyche, and how God is revealed not only in scripture, but in the night sky, in subatomic particles, and in us"--Dust jacket flap.

Am I Just My Brain?
Am I Just My Brain?

Author: Sharon Dirckx

Publisher: The Good Book Company

Published: 2019-05-01

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 1784984035

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Looking at the body, mind and soul to answer the question: What exactly is a human being? Modern research is uncovering more and more detail of what our brain is and how it works. We are living, thinking creatures who carry around with us an amazing organic supercomputer in our heads. But what is the relationship between our brains and our minds-and ultimately our sense of identity as a person? Are we more than machines? Is free-will an illusion? Do we have a soul? Brain Imaging Scientist Sharon Dirckx lays out the current understanding of who we are from biologists, philosophers, theologians and psychologists, and points towards a bigger picture that suggests answers to the fundamental questions of our existence. Not just "What am I?", but "Who am I?"-and "Why am I?" Read this book to gain valuable insight into what modern research is telling us about ourselves, or to give a sceptical friend to challenge the idea that we are merely material beings living in a material world.

God on the Brain
God on the Brain

Author: Brad Sickler

Publisher: Crossway

Published: 2020-07-07

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1433564467

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The human brain is incredibly complex. Both Christian and secular scholars alike affirm this fact, yet the traditional view of humanity as spiritual beings made in the image of God has come under increased pressure from humanistic and materialistic thinkers who deny that humans are anything more than their physical bodies. Christians have long affirmed that humans are spiritual beings made by God to know and fellowship with him, while the humanist position views humans as merely evolved animals. Bradley Sickler provides a timely theological, scientific, and philosophical assessment of the human brain, highlighting the many ways in which the gospel informs the Christian understanding of cognitive science. Here is a book that provides a much-needed summary of the Bible’s teaching as it sheds light on the brain, with careful interaction with the claims of modern science, arguing that the Christian worldview offers the most compelling vision of the true nature of humanity.

The God-Shaped Brain
The God-Shaped Brain

Author: Timothy R. Jennings

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2017-04-18

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 0830892354

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What you believe about God actually changes your brain. Psychiatrist Tim Jennings unveils how our brains and bodies thrive when we have a healthy understanding of who God is. This expanded edition now includes a study guide to help you discover how neuroscience and Scripture come together to bring healing and transformation to our lives.