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Belief Dimensions

Neurotheology: 6 Belief Dimensions

  • Mystical, Religious, Spiritual, and Theological Traditions and Experiences

  • Scientific and Math Programs

  • Anthropological Considerations

  • Historical and Philosophical Traditions

  • Technological Developments

  • Ethical Implications

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Dimensions of Neurotheology:
 

 

 

Definition

Mystical, Religious, Spiritual, and Theological Traditions and Experiences

Examples

African traditional and diasporic religions, Bahá'í Faith, Buddhism, Cao Dai, Chinese folk religion, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Jehovah's Witnesses, Juche, Judaism, Mystical Traditions, Neo-Paganism, Non-Adherent (e.g. Secular, Atheist, Pagan, etc), Quaker, Rastafarian, Scientology, Shamanism, Shinto, Sikhism, Spiritism, Tao, Tenrikyo, Unitarian Universalism, Vedic traditions, Wicca, Zoroastrianism, and others.  Irreligious approaches include Agnosticism, Atheism, Humanism, and Rationalism. 

1st Dimension

2nd Dimension

Definition

  • Scientific and Math Programs 

Examples

  • Astronomy, biology, chemistry, cognitive science, ecology, economics, engineering, genetics, geology, linguistics, mathematics, neuroscience, physics, psychology, etc.

Scholarship

  • Neuroscience

  • Biology

  • Psychology

    • Fuller psychology and religion

  • Cognitive Science

  • Genetics

    • The God Gene

3rd Dimension

Definition

  • Historical and Philosophical Traditions

Examples

  • Past

  • Present

  • Future

Examples

  • African Cosmologies, Eastern (Chinese, Jewish, Indian, Persian), Western (Greco-Roman, Medieval, and Modern), etc.

4th Dimension

Definition

  • Anthropological considerations

Examples

  • Culture (art, custom, knowledge, law, morals, etc.), gender, geography, politics, race, sexuality, social movements, and others. 

Scholarship

  • Cultural systems of thought: Holistic vs. analytic cognition. (Richard Nisbett)

5th Dimension

Definition

  • Technological Developments

Examples

  • Neurotechnology

    • Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

    • Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT )

    • Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)

Scholarship

  • Andrew Newberg

  • Michael Persinger

6th Dimension

Definition

  • Ethical Implications

Examples

  • Affective computing, biological machinery, epigenetics, neuro-technology, psycho-pharmacology, and others. 

Scholarship

  • Neuroethics

Beliefs & Belief Systems

Beliefs and belief Systems
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Examples of Belief Systems

Economic: Capitalism
Political: Democracy or Socialism
Scientific: Earth is flat versus round; Isaac Newton’s Laws of Gravitation and Motion; Evolution
Theological: Creationism

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