A brief but balanced overview of the field.
Newsweek article that brought neurotheology widespread popular recognition.
Economist article giving overview of recent research in neurotheology.
Wired Magazine interview of Michael Persinger, leading figure in the reductionist school of neurotheology.
Washington Post article by Shankar Vedantam on researchers examining the relationship between brain and religion.
Articles on spiritual experience and magnetic signal brain stimulation by one of Michael Persinger's students.
Article by Drs. Andrew Newberg and Eugene D'Aquili on the biological mechanisms underlying religious and spiritual experience, from the PBS "The Question of God" series.
Website for Matthew Alper's book which suggests that "humans are innately hard-wired to perceive a spiritual reality".
Paper by Olaf Blanke and team on the neurocognitive bases of out-of-body (OBE) experiences, from Journal of Neuroscience.
Summary of "Zen and the Brain", James H. Austin's definitive work tracing the neuroscientific aspects of Zen.
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