Andrew Newberg, MD, is Director of Clinical Nuclear Medicine,
Director of NeuroPET Research, and Assistant Professor in the
Department of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania. In collaboration with the Departments of Neurology
and Psychiatry, Dr. Newberg has actively pursued neuroimaging
research projects, including the study of aging and dementia,
epilepsy, and other neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Additionally, he has researched the neurophysiological
correlates of acupuncture, meditation, and other types of
complementary therapies.
Moving beyond the study of specific disorders, Dr. Newberg's
research now largely focuses on how brain function is associated
with various mental states—in particular, the relationship
between brain function and mystical or religious experiences.
The results and implications of this research are delineated in
Dr. Newberg's book Why God Won't Go Away.
Dr. Newberg has presented his research at national and
international scientific and religious meetings; his numerous
published articles and chapters cover the topics of brain
function, brain imaging, and the study of religious and mystical
experiences. In addition to the extensive press he has received,
he has appeared on ABC's World News Tonight and is coauthor,
along with Eugene G. d'Aquili, MD, of the book The Mystical
Mind: Probing the Biology of Belief (Fortress Press).
Dr.
Newberg received a Science and Religion Course Award from the
Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, to teach the
course entitled "The Biology of Spirituality" in the Department
of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania (Spring, 2000).
selected books
NeuroTheology: Brain, Science, Spirituality, Religious Experience
with Rhawn Joseph, Matthew Alper, Carol Albright Rausch, Michael Persinger, William James (Friederich Nietzsche University Press, 2003)
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Why God Won’t Go Awaywith Eugene G. d’Aquili, MD and Vince Rause (Ballantine Books, 2001)
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The Mystical Mind: Probing the Biology of Religious Experiencewith Eugene G. d’Aquili, MD (Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1999)
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selected articles
A Review of The Mystical Mind: Probing the Biology of Religious
http://www.metanexus.net/Magazine/ArticleDetail/tabid/68/id/7231/Default.aspx
Brain Science & The Biology of Beliefhttp://www.metanexus.net/magazine/ArticleDetail/tabid/68/id/8520/Default.aspx
selected video, audio, dvd
Consciousness
DVD (Alsbury Films, 2005)
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other related websites
http://www.andrewnewberg.com
