Humans are meaning-seeking creatures. We search for patterns and, if we don’t see them, we imagine them. We put all sorts of pieces together, whether by instinct, sentiment or scientific evidence.
Now, the biggest pattern of all ”” God ”” has come within our scientific purview.
Neuroscientists such as Andrew Newberg are telling us that we are “wired for God.” That belief is part of our brain structure, which is an often heard but still controversial point of view.
There’s even a term that has been invented for this type of researcher: neurotheologians.
They are St. Augustines with medical degrees and brain scanners. They take religion seriously, as a research project.
Read it all.
Richard Handle: Faith in the time of earthquakes
Humans are meaning-seeking creatures. We search for patterns and, if we don’t see them, we imagine them. We put all sorts of pieces together, whether by instinct, sentiment or scientific evidence.
Now, the biggest pattern of all ”” God ”” has come within our scientific purview.
Neuroscientists such as Andrew Newberg are telling us that we are “wired for God.” That belief is part of our brain structure, which is an often heard but still controversial point of view.
There’s even a term that has been invented for this type of researcher: neurotheologians.
They are St. Augustines with medical degrees and brain scanners. They take religion seriously, as a research project.
Read it all.