Andrew Newberg, MD

Books

 

Words Can Change Your Brain introduces a new strategy that changes the brain to enhance any conversation. In twelve clear steps it allows us to create a special bond with whomever we are speaking, a bond that aligns our brains to work together as one. In this unique state—free from conflict and distrust—we can communicate more effectively, listen more deeply, collaborate without effort, and succeed more quickly at any task. Read more »

Principles of Neurotheology sets out the necessary principles, which can be used as a foundation for future neurotheological discourse. Laying the groundwork for a new synthesis of scientific and theological dialogue, this book proposes that neuro-theology, a term fraught with potential problems, is a highly useful and important voice in the greater study of religious and theological ideas and their intersection with science. Read more »

In How God Changes Your Brain, neuroscientist Andrew Newberg and Mark Robert Waldman prove, for the first time, that mediation/prayer improves memory and helps improve the aging brain, and can interrupt the devastating effects of depression, Alzheimer’s disease, and a host of stress-related disorders.
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Supported by groundbreaking research, including brain scans of people as they pray, meditate, and speak in tongues, Why We Believe What We Believe will change the way we look at the world… and ourselves. Read more »

Why God Won’t Go Away brims with illuminating insights into the nature of consciousness, the mystifying mechanics of perception, the neurological basis of human emotions, and the miraculous manner in which the brain tells us what is real.

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A fascinating study of the neurological basis of mystical and religious experience… The first work to explicitly probe the biology of religious experience.

- Publishers Weekly

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