Biology, Neuroscience and Religion

 

Religious Experience and Neurobiology

William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience  http://www.psywww.com/psyrelig/james/toc.htm

Morton Hunt, "The Biological Roots of Religion"  http://www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/hunt_19_3.html

Greg Peterson, "God On The Brain: The Neurobiology Of Faith"  http://www.religion-online.org/cgi-bin/relsearchd.dll/showarticle?item_id=503

James B. Ashbrook, "Ways of Knowing God: Gender and the Brain"  http://www.religion-online.org/cgi-bin/relsearchd.dll/showarticle?item_id=826

Paul W. Walaskay, "Mapping The Brain: A Pathway To God"  http://www.religion-online.org/cgi-bin/relsearchd.dll/showarticle?item_id=1223

Susan Blackmore's Home Page  http://www.susanblackmore.co.uk

Organ Music Instills Religious Feeling (BBC News)  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3087674.stm

The Artificial Mystic State of Mind   http://www.pragmatism.org/streams/v4n3/nelson.pdf

Council on Spiritual Practices   http://www.csp.org/index.html

Christine Farrenkopf, "This is your brain on God"  http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro01/web3/Farrenkopf.html

Altered States of Consciousness  http://www.mcmaster.ca/mjtm/4-4.htm

 

Life after Death

Survivalist Library  http://www.survivalafterdeath.org/library.htm

Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife  http://www.near-death.com/

BBC News: Evidence of Life After Death   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/986177.stm

Near-death experience in survivors of cardiac arrest: a prospective study in the Netherlands http://profezie3m.altervista.org/archivio/TheLancet_NDE.htm

Rivas, Titus, "The Survivalist Interpretation of Recent Studies Into the Near-Death Experience"  http://members.lycos.nl/Kritisch/SurvivalNDE.html

Near Death Experience Links  http://www.geocities.com/wingedwolfeire/links.html

Skeptic's Dictionary: Near Death Experiences  http://skepdic.com/nde.html

New Research Confirms Life After Death  http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/religion/re0419.html

Philosophy Forums Discussion  http://forums.philosophyforums.com/showthread.php?t=2572

Afterlife Psychology 101   http://www.danmahony.com/aftpsych1.htm

Blackmore, Susan, "Near Death Experiences"  http://www.susanblackmore.co.uk/Chapters/ShermerNDE.htm

Skeptical Investigations (Reply to Shermer)  http://www.skepticalinvestigations.org/whoswho/vanLommel.htm

Charles Watts, "Is There Life Beyond The Grave?"  http://www.infidels.org/library/historical/charles_watts/life_beyond_the_grave.html (or try here)