Andrew B. Newberg, M.D., is an assistant professor in the
Department of Radiology in the Division of Nuclear Medicine and an
instructor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University
of Pennsylvania. He has spent more than six years studying brain
physiology and function, with focus on the neurology of religious
and mystical experiences. The co-author, with Dr. Eugene d'Aquili,
of The Mystical Mind, Dr. Newberg has presented his work at
scientific and religious conferences around the world.
Eugene d'Aquili, M.D., Ph.D., was a clinical assistant professor in
the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania for
twenty years. His numerous books include Biogenetic Structuralism;
Brain, Symbol and Experience; and The Mystical Mind. Dr. d'Aquili
died in August 1998, before the completion of this book.
Vince Rause is a freelance writer and journalist whose stories have
appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Philadelphia Inquirer,
and many other publications. He is a regular contributor to the
Discovery Channel Online.
“A wonderful assessment of the brain and its activity when God is
experienced.”
–HERBERT BENSON, M.D.,
President, Mind/Body Medical Institute and
Author of The Relaxation Response
“A THRILLING EXPLORATION . . . Newberg’s reverential attitude
toward the great unknowns is reminiscent of Einstein’s.”
–LARRY DOSSEY, M.D.
Author of Reinventing Medicine and Healing Words
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