"LANDSCAPE PLOTTED AND PIECED": EXPLORING THE CONTOURS OF ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN (NEURO)SCIENCE AND THEOLOGY: with Pat Bennett, "'Landscape Plotted and Pieced': Exploring the Contours of Engagement between (Neuro)science and Theology"; Pat Bennett, "'Things Counter, Original, Spare, Strange': Developing a Postfoundational Transversal Model for Science/Religion Dialogue"; and Pat Bennett, "'Áll Trádes, Their Gear and Tackle and Trim': Theology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Psychoneuroimmunology in Transversal Dialogue.". Issue 1 (17th February 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bennett, Pat
• Is Part Of: Zygon. Volume 54:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 86
• Page End: 106
• Publication Date: 2019-02-17
• Subjects: James Ashbrook -- cognitive neuroscience -- neurotheology -- Andrew Newberg -- relationality -- science/religion dialogue -- theology -- transversal spaces -- J. Wentzel van Huyssteen; Religion and science -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 200
• DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12491
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0591-2385

Abstract

Abstract: This article—the first of a linked set of three outlining the development and practice of a different approach to science/religion dialogue—begins with an overview of some persistent tensions in the field. Then, using a threefold heuristic of encounter, engagement, and expression, it explores the routes taken by James Ashbrook and Andrew Newberg to develop a dialogue between theology and neuroscience, discussing some of the problems associated with these and their implications for attempts to further develop neurotheology. Finally, it proposes a different way of thinking about this enterprise and points toward a new methodology for supporting this endeavor.