Skip to product information
1 of 1

The Rabbi’s Brain

Regular price $39.99
Regular price $39.99 Sale price $39.99
Sold out
The topic of “Neurotheology” has garnered increasing attention in the academic, religious, scientific, and popular worlds. However, there have been no attempts at exploring more specifically how Je...
Read More
  • 23 October 2018
View Product Details

The topic of “Neurotheology” has garnered increasing attention in the academic, religious, scientific, and popular worlds. However, there have been no attempts at exploring more specifically how Jewish religious thought and experience may intersect with neurotheology. The Rabbi’s Brain engages this groundbreaking area. Topics included relate to a neurotheological approach to the foundational beliefs that arise from the Torah and associated scriptures, Jewish learning, an exploration of the different elements of Judaism (i.e. reform, conservative, and orthodox), an exploration of specifically Jewish practices (i.e. Davening, Sabbath, Kosher), and a review of Jewish mysticism. The Rabbi’s Brain engages these topics in an easy to read style and integrates the scientific, religious, philosophical, and theological aspects of the emerging field of neurotheology. By reviewing the concepts in a stepwise, simple, yet thorough discussion, readers regardless of their background, will be able to understand the complexities and breadth of neurotheology from the Jewish perspective. More broadly, issues will include a review of the neurosciences and neuroscientific techniques; religious and spiritual experiences; theological development and analysis; liturgy and ritual; epistemology, philosophy, and ethics; and social implications, all from the Jewish perspective.

files/i.png Icon
Price: $39.99
Pages: 400
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Imprint: Turner
Publication Date: 23 October 2018
Trim Size: 8.50 X 5.50 in
ISBN: 9781683367130
Format: Hardcover
REVIEWS Icon
"The Rabbi’s Brain is a provocative and original contribution to the science of what it means in the brain to have religious, and especially mystical, experience." - Rabbi Ralph Mecklenburger, Author of Our Religious Brains (Jewish Lights, 2012)