PBS Religion and Ethics Weekly story on Faith and the Brain: Scientists have long found an association between relaxation and health. Now there is growing evidence that spiritual practices have a beneficial and measurable effect on the brain. In his book “How God Changes Your Brain,” Andrew Newberg reports that meditation improves memory and reduces […]
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Andrew Newberg offers a guest editorial on Science and Religion Today on the future of Neurotheology
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MIT news release indicate a new study from MIT neuroscientists finds that brain waves shift frequency as a new task becomes routine.
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We express our sympathy to Barney Kathan, REA archivist for many years, whose son Robert Boardman Kathan died of kidney failure on October 1. He was 50. Robert and his family lived in Cohoes, NY, where Robert worked for Stewart Stores. Contributions in memory of Robert Kathan can be sent to the National Kidney Foundation,
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Many scholars of religious education have been wrestling with the influence of the ascendance of social media on religion and faith communities. How do mediated publics challenge religious assumptions about community, incarnation, congregation, and the sacraments? How do new types of publicness reconfigure identity and race, class, gender, sexuality, religion, and/or nationality? CALL FOR PAPERS: Special
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Please take a moment to download papers to review in preparation for the 2011 Annual Meeting. 2011 Proceedings are listed in alphabetical order by author’s last name.
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Roots of Empathy Founder Celebrated as Social Innovator: Innovation comes in many forms and this year, for only the third time in its 30-year history, the Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation has recognized social innovation, placing a spotlight on the contribution of Roots of Empathy President/Founder Mary Gordon.
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Gareth Cook interviews neuroscientist Steve Pinker in the Scientific American article History and the Decline of Human Violence
Steve Pinker Interview Decline of Violence Read More »
Paper Proceedings for the RIG presentations at the REA 2011 Annual Conference are now available online
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Reporter Ron Rosenbaum of Slate Magazine/Spectator Section writes: “Is evil over? Has science finally driven a stake through its dark heart? Or at least emptied the word of useful meaning, reduced the notion of a numinous nonmaterial malevolent force to a glitch in a tangled cluster of neurons, the brain?” Read more in the article
