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» "Neurotheology": A semantic trap set by pseudo-science for the unwary scientist    Article claiming there is no scientific rationale for the nouveau term "Neurotheology", and that researchers working on topics relating to religion should stick to the conventional Behavioural and Social Neurosciences categories.    http://www.cns.res.in/neurotheology.html

» A Mystical Union    Economist article giving overview of recent research in neurotheology.    http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2478148

» Are We Hardwired for God?    The Guardian newspaper's review of Pascal Boyer's book "Religion Explained".    http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4351726,00.html

» BBC - Science & Nature - Horizon - God on the Brain    Is a part of our brains hardwired to generate religious feelings? Program summary for a BBC neurotheology special.    http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2003/godonbrain.shtml

» Body and Mind    Materials accompanying a TV special on body and mind, with a brief overview of older theories and notable neurotheology research.    http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/S/science/body/exorcism.html

» Ecstasy from a Physiological Point of View    Discussion of relationship between drugs, celibacy, fasting and other physical practices and ecstasy. Presented by Kaj Bjorkqvist at Symposium on Religions Ecstasy held at Åbo, Finland, on the 26th-28th of August 1981.    http://www.ex-premie.org/papers/religious_ecstasy.htm

» Evolutionary Neurotheology and the Varieties of Religious Experience    Article by Bruce McLennan of University of Tennessee, outlining a neuropsychological approach to religious experience based on archetypal psychology.    ftp://cs.utk.edu/pub/maclennan/EvolutionaryNeurotheology-long.pdf

» Ghosts in a Machine    Overview article from Times Online, discussing Persinger, Blanke, Newberg.    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8123-1509923_1,00.html

» Guardian Unlimited | Life | Tests of faith    Article discussing evolutionary, anthropological (Boyer), and neuroscientific (Ramachandran, Newberg) aspects of religion.    http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,1423450,00.html

» How the Brain Creates God    Broad-ranging overview by Iona Miller, touching on archetypes, NDEs, drugs, trances, TMS, and shamanism.    http://www.nwbotanicals.org/oak/magick/createsgod.htm

» Linking Out-of-Body Experience and Self Processing to Mental Own-Body Imagery at the Temporoparietal Junction    Paper by Olaf Blanke and team on the neurocognitive bases of out-of-body (OBE) experiences, from Journal of Neuroscience.    http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/3/550

» Meditation and the Brain    Report on a conference held by MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research, bringing together Buddhists and neuroscientists.    http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/04/02/newton0204.asp?p=1

» Meridian Magazine :: Neurotheology    BYU scholars give a brief overview of neurotheology, and ponder the neurological basis of Joseph Smith's revelations.    http://www.meridianmagazine.com/ideas/040216neurotheology.html

» Neurological Correlates of Transformational Experiences    Article building on work of Persinger and d'Aquili, looking at near-death experiences with neuroimaging.    http://www.meridianinstitute.com/reports/neurocor.html

» Neurology of Spiritual Experiences    Articles on spiritual experience and magnetic signal brain stimulation by one of Michael Persinger's students.    http://www.innerworlds.50megs.com/

» Neurotheology & Shamanism    Dr. Michael Winkelman, Anthropology Professor at Arizona State and author of "Shamanism: The Neural Economy of Consciousness", discusses the neurological basis of shamanism, mankind's oldest spiritual practice.    http://www.cognitiveliberty.org/neuro/winkelman1.htm

» Neurotheology on Wikipedia    A brief but balanced overview of the field.    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurotheology

» Numenware, a blog about neurotheology    Frequently updated weblog about neurotheology. Also covers some general neuroscience, Dogen, language, and Japan topics.    http://www.numenware.com

» On the Neuropsychology of Religious Experiences    Review of literature on neuropsychology of religious experiences, including temporal lobe model, D'Aquili's model for meditative states, and substance-induced religious experience.    http://www.psych.uiuc.edu/~bhidalgo/litreview.htm

» Physiology of meditation    Article covering meditation and its relationship to the metabolism, autonomic nervous system, endocrine system, and central nervous system.    http://ejmas.com/pt/ptart_shin_0400.htm

» Religiosity is associated with hippocampal but not amygdala volumes in patients with refractory epilepsy -- Wuerfel et al. 75 (4): 640 -- Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry    Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry article finding that epilepsy patients with high religiosity had smaller right hippocampi.    http://jnnp.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/75/4/640

» Study Asks Whether Chemicals and Communion Are One    Article from "Science and Theology News" describing the neuroimaging of praying nuns performed by University of Montreal researcher Mario Beauregard.    http://www.mapageweb.umontreal.ca/beauregm/study_asks_whether.htm

» The "God" Part Of The Brain    Website for Matthew Alper's book which suggests that "humans are innately hard-wired to perceive a spiritual reality".    http://godpart.com/

» The God Fossil    New Times article on Jesse Bering, who has researched children's belief in the afterlife, and the reaction to his work.    http://www.newtimesbpb.com/Issues/2006-03-09/news/feature_full.html

» The Physical and Psychological Effects of Meditation    Online portions of a book by the same name, reviewing scientific studies, discussing behavioral effects, and giving subjective reports. Searchable bibliography on meditation research.    http://www.noetic.org/research/medbiblio/ch_intro1.htm

» The Serotonin System and Spiritual Experiences    American Journal of Psychiatry research showing that "binding potential" (serotonin levels) correlated inversely with scores for self-transcendence.    http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/160/11/1965?

» This Is Your Brain on God    Wired Magazine interview of Michael Persinger, leading figure in the reductionist school of neurotheology.    http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/7.11/persinger_pr.html

» Tracing the Synapses of Our Spirituality    Washington Post article by Shankar Vedantam on researchers examining the relationship between brain and religion.    http://www.maps.org/media/vedantam.html

» What Buddhists Know About Science    Wired article on relationship between Tibetan meditation and the brain.    http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,53820,00.html?tw=wn_story_related

» Wired for the Ultimate Reality: The Neuropsychology of Religious Experience    Article by Drs. Andrew Newberg and Eugene D'Aquili on the biological mechanisms underlying religious and spiritual experience, from the PBS "The Question of God" series.    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/questionofgod/voices/newberg.html

» Zen and the Brain    Summary of "Zen and the Brain", James H. Austin's definitive work tracing the neuroscientific aspects of Zen.    http://www.csp.org/chrestomathy/zen_and.html