A Main Line Neurologist Studies the Intersection of Faith and Science
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Dr. Andrew Newberg may be a pioneer in his field, but he also understands that, when it comes to spirituality and the brain, it’s OK to say, “I don’t know.”
As a child, Dr. Andrew Newberg peppered his father with some serious questions about the concept of reality. “But he was very good at throwing it back at me,” Newberg recalls.
So he would have to find the answers on his own. In the months between his graduation from Haverford College and heading to medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, Newberg often meditated as he walked. Then he’d simply sit and think. Some of what he experienced he can’t explain to this day. It led directly to his studies on the impact of religious and spiritual experiences on the brain. This unconventional field is known as neurotheology, and Newberg is one of its pioneers.
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