Changing Behavior and Renewing the Brain: A Study of College Students*

The field of neuroscience and religion continues to explode as researchers seek to understand religious experiences in the brain. Studies in religious experience, called neurotheology, attempt to draw conclusions about the truth of these religious experiences from the study of biological brain event...

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Published in:Christian education journal
Authors: Maddix, Mark (Author) ; Andrews, Glena (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publications [2018]
In: Christian education journal
RelBib Classification:AE Psychology of religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
CF Christianity and Science
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B Neuroscience
B Religious Experience
B Spiritual Formation
B Christian practices
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