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Brain-Based Worship

Author : Paula Champion-Jones
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1490851704
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Brain-Based Worship written by Paula Champion-Jones and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically, it has been believed that Christian formation occurs primarily in the context of worship. Because both traditional and contemporary worship services are routinely structured around the skills of persuasive rhetoric and logic, most worship services effectively ignore the impact of experiential, embodied knowledge. Recent research in neuroscience has proven that humans are sensory-motor-emotional-thinking beings who learn best when body, brain, and emotions are simultaneously engaged. A fresh paradigm for teaching, brain-based leaning, is proving to result in learning that is more memorable, more likely to result in long-term change in the behavior of the learner, and more likely to spur the learner to investigate the subject further. The Church needs to employ brain-based teaching methods in order to more effectively transmit the Gospel.

The Synaptic Gospel

Author : Christopher D. Rodkey
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 0761857877
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book The Synaptic Gospel written by Christopher D. Rodkey and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2012-01-06 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Christopher D. Rodkey asks how the brain worships and responds by engaging ideas from neurological science, philosophy, ritual theory, and religious education. From this exploration, two new paradigms for pastoral ministry emerge. First, Rodkey proposes a “pan-generational” principle, advocating an empathy-based approach for fostering faith communities, a principle that is radically inclusive to all generations. Second, Rodkey argues that worship and religious education should converge to include a shared goal of teaching individuals to “live liturgically.” In The Synaptic Gospel, Rodkey argues that living and thinking liturgically are learned behaviors that may be promoted through pan-generational worship. The book concludes with a special emphasis on practical suggestions for youth ministry. The Synaptic Gospel will prove to be a useful theoretical tool for pastors, religious educators, youth ministers, church music professionals, and seminary students.

Your Brain Goes to Church

Author : Bob Sitze
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1566997089
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book Your Brain Goes to Church written by Bob Sitze and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004-12-30 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ever-provocative author and presenter Bob sitze explores the question: What does the human brain have to do with the beliefs, practices, and structures of congregations? Weaving together clear, accessible explanations about the workings of the human brain. Sitze shows how a congregation's identity and behaviors are shaped by the work of individual members' brains as well as "the collected brain" of the congregation. Study groups will enjoy the "Big Question" Sitze asks throughout the book, as well as the discussion questions and follow-up activities included at the end of each chapter.

Renovated

Author : Jim Wilder
Publisher : NavPress
ISBN 13 : 1641581670
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Renovated written by Jim Wilder and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity has tended to focus on right beliefs and right choices as the keys for personal growth. But biblical evidence and modern brain science show that our character is shaped more by whom we love than what we believe. Through conversations he had with Dallas Willard at the Heart & Soul Conference shortly before Dallas's death, Jim Wilder shows how we can train our brains to relate to God based on joyful, mutual attachment--which leads to emotional and spiritual maturity as our identity and character are formed by our relationship with God.

Your God Spot

Author : GERALD SCHMELING PH.D
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 146705268X
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Your God Spot written by GERALD SCHMELING PH.D and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-05-22 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Your God Spot" is based on scientific findings about God, spirit, and religion. Spiritual hardwiring in the brain is the source of all deity and belief, from whichthe mind projects all forms of faith everywhere. This new view sheds light on the most basic and perplexing questions about belief. Subtitled "How the Brain Makes and the Mind Shapes All Forms of Faith," this book consists of three tight fitting parts. Part I, "In the Mirror of Spirit" directs your attention to the God Spot within. Part I, "Through a Prism of Religion,"describes the forms of faith projected by the mind, including their pros and cons. And Part III, "Out the Window of Belief," focuses on some faiths that measures up, and how you can fulfill your spirituality, no matter your state of belief. Seven chaptersbrimwith reader-friendly information and application. There are opening questions and closingstatements.emphasized text, table highlights, quotes from experts, and a "Mirror into Me" vignette from theauthor's clinical experience. "Your God Spot" addsa new choice--free-ist--to the old categories of atheist, atheist, and agnostic. This means that we are now free to tailor make our own belief, and to alter it to fit as wegrow. An extensive bibliography anchorsthis new view, and guides the reader who wants to dive deeper yet.

Gene Worship

Author : Gisela T. Kaplan
Publisher : Other Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781590510346
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Gene Worship written by Gisela T. Kaplan and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2003 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors criticise the new, genetic explanations for human behaviour. They describe the theory of biology, and the reality in which a gendered world and the women's biology and the consequences are described. In the chapter 'Perpetuity' they discuss the gay and queer gene.

The Perfect You

Author : Dr. Caroline Leaf
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1493409522
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book The Perfect You written by Dr. Caroline Leaf and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are a lot of personality and intelligence tests out there designed to label you and put you in a particular box. But Dr. Caroline Leaf says there's much more to you than a personality profile can capture. In fact, you cannot be categorized! In this fascinating book, she takes readers through seven steps to rediscover and unlock their unique design--the brilliantly original way each person thinks, feels, relates, and makes choices--freeing them from comparison, envy, and jealousy, which destroy brain tissue. Readers learn to be aware of what's going on in their own minds and bodies, to lean in to their own experience rather than trying to forcefully change it, and to redefine what success means to them. Released from the suffocating box of expectations, they'll embrace their true identity and develop a clear sense of divine purpose in their lives. Knowing and understanding our identity empowers our choices. Unlocking one's you quotient is not optional--it is essential.

The Other Half of Church

Author : Jim Wilder
Publisher : Moody Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0802498558
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Other Half of Church written by Jim Wilder and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could brain science be the key to spiritual formation? Why does true Christian transformation seem fleeting? And why does church often feel lonely, Christian community shallow, and leaders untrustworthy? For many Christians, the delight of encountering Christ eventually dwindles—and disappointment sets in. Is lasting joy possible? These are some of the questions Michel Hendricks has considered both in his experience as a spiritual formation pastor and in his lifetime as a Christian. He began to find answers when he met Jim Wilder—a neurotheologian. Using brain science, Wilder identified that there are two halves of the church: the rational half and the relational half. And when Christians only embrace the rational half, churches become unhealthy places where transformation doesn’t last and narcissistic leaders flourish. In The Other Half of Church, join Michel and Jim's journey as they couple brain science with the Bible to identify how to overcome spiritual stagnation by living a full-brained faith. You'll also learn the four ingredients necessary to develop and maintain a vibrant transformational community where spiritual formation occurs, relationships flourish, and the toxic spread of narcissism is eradicated.

Minds, Brains, Souls and Gods

Author : Malcolm Jeeves
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830895620
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Book Synopsis Minds, Brains, Souls and Gods by : Malcolm Jeeves

Download or read book Minds, Brains, Souls and Gods written by Malcolm Jeeves and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this hypothetical correspondence, Malcolm Jeeves urges Christian students to enter the brave new world of neuroscience ready to have their faith examined and their experiences of God put to the test. When we do this, he argues, being mindful of oversimplifications as we go, the integration of Christianity and psychology becomes possible.

Rewiring Your Preaching

Author : Richard H. Cox
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 083086640X
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Rewiring Your Preaching written by Richard H. Cox and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2012-11-14 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychologist, physician and preacher Richard Cox calls on the best modern neuroscience to prove that a better understanding of the brain can transform your preaching. Arguing that the sermon is a highly charged cognitive event, Cox explains the role of brain stimuli in such crucial pastoral tasks as delivering comfort and provoking moral action.

The God-Shaped Brain

Author : Timothy R. Jennings
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830892354
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book The God-Shaped Brain written by Timothy R. Jennings and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What you believe about God actually changes your brain. Psychiatrist Tim Jennings unveils how our brains and bodies thrive when we have a healthy understanding of who God is. This expanded edition now includes a study guide to help you discover how neuroscience and Scripture come together to bring healing and transformation to our lives.

The Worship Mall

Author : Bryan D. Spinks
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0898696771
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (986 download)

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Download or read book The Worship Mall written by Bryan D. Spinks and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion today is in competition with the leisure and entertainment industries. Gen Y, the postmodern generation, is open to spirituality; but most of todays young adults have not been born into faith communities where they feel any lasting allegiance. Studies suggest that for the young, belief in God is an optional matter, a virtual consumer choice. As a result, different trends in worship and worship styles are offered by different churches to suit lifestyles, attitudes, and personal taste.

Neuroscience and Christian Formation

Author : Mark A. Maddix
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1681236753
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (812 download)

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Download or read book Neuroscience and Christian Formation written by Mark A. Maddix and published by IAP. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why a text on neuroscience and Christian formation? Simply put, we need one that represents the range of possible intersections for today and into the future. In recent years, neuroscience’s various fields of study have influenced our understanding of the person, memory, learning, development, communal interaction, and the practice of education. The book serves as an introductory textbook for Christian education/formation professors to use in Christian education or Christian formation courses at the College or Seminary level. The book is designed to provide an overview of how current research in neuroscience is impacting how we view Christian education and formation with particular attention given to faith formation, teaching, development, and worship The first four chapters discuss how neuroscience broadly influences Christian education and formation. Chapters five through eight explore how neuroscience informs specific formational practices, from personal meditation, to intercultural encounter, to congregational formation and worship. The last four chapters explore various aspects of neuroscience along developmental lines, The book also moves from conceptual overviews to more empirical studies late in the text. Each chapter of this book can also be read and discussed individually. Each author has provided both discussion topics, suggestions for future reading within neuroscience, and discussion questions at the end of the chapter.

Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods

Author : E. Fuller Torrey
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231544863
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods written by E. Fuller Torrey and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religions and mythologies from around the world teach that God or gods created humans. Atheist, humanist, and materialist critics, meanwhile, have attempted to turn theology on its head, claiming that religion is a human invention. In this book, E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods locates the origin of gods within the human brain, arguing that religious belief is a by-product of evolution. Based on an idea originally proposed by Charles Darwin, Torrey marshals evidence that the emergence of gods was an incidental consequence of several evolutionary factors. Using data ranging from ancient skulls and artifacts to brain imaging, primatology, and child development studies, this book traces how new cognitive abilities gave rise to new behaviors. For instance, autobiographical memory, the ability to project ourselves backward and forward in time, gave Homo sapiens a competitive advantage. However, it also led to comprehension of mortality, spurring belief in an alternative to death. Torrey details the neurobiological sequence that explains why the gods appeared when they did, connecting archaeological findings including clothing, art, farming, and urbanization to cognitive developments. This book does not dismiss belief but rather presents religious belief as an inevitable outcome of brain evolution. Providing clear and accessible explanations of evolutionary neuroscience, Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods will shed new light on the mechanics of our deepest mysteries.

With All Thy Mind

Author : Robert P. Glick
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1566997046
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book With All Thy Mind written by Robert P. Glick and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The worship terrain has changed, but a consensus has yet to emerge even about what worship is, let alone how we should worship. Increasingly, however, people are hungry not just to know about God, but to experience God with all they they are—mind, heart, body, and soul. Worship must engage all of the senses. Recalling the biblical and early church's witness regarding worship and denominational worship traditions, Robert Glick examines the place of words, songs, sacraments, and symbols in worship—in light of what we now know about the complexities of the human brain. He also examines roadblocks to more balanced worship and identifies the characteristics of a “well-tempered worship service.” Glick expresses how our understanding of the wonders of our God-given brains can lead us to worship that is fuller, richer, and more truthful, and thus more receptive to the Spirit.

Ritual and Christian Worship

Author : Jeffrey A. Truscott
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532686919
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Ritual and Christian Worship written by Jeffrey A. Truscott and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-01-05 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What exactly is "ritual" and why is it inherently a part of Christian public worship? Could we worship without ritual? Does the Christian tradition offer us any perspectives on ritual? These are the questions explored in this book, whose purpose is to serve as a "user's guide" to ritual for leaders and planners of Christian worship. With the help of various perspectives--the life sciences, the Bible, and Reformation theologians--it seeks to explain ritual objectively, winsomely, and sympathetically. Written by a scholar with many years of experience in teaching liturgics, this book will help readers to appreciate ritual and become comfortable with themselves as participants in ritual.

God's Brain

Author : Lionel Tiger
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 163388337X
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book God's Brain written by Lionel Tiger and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two distinguished authors, renowned anthropologist Lionel Tiger and pioneering neuroscientist Michael McGuire, elucidate the perennial questions about religion: What is its purpose? How did it arise? What is its source? Why does every known culture have some form of it?Their answer is deceptively simple, yet at the same time highly complex: The brain creates religion and its varied concepts of God, and then in turn feeds on its creation to satisfy innate neurological and associated social needs.Brain science reveals that humans and other primates alike are afflicted by unavoidable sources of stress that the authors describe as "brainpain." To cope with this affliction people seek to "brainsoothe." We humans use religion and its social structures to induce brainsoothing as a relief for innate anxiety. How we do this is the subject of this groundbreaking book.In a concise, lively, accessible, and witty style, the authors combine zoom-lens vignettes of religious practices with discussions of the latest research on religion's neurological effects on the brain. Among other topics, they consider religion's role in providing positive socialization, its seeming obsession with regulating sex, the common biological scaffolding between nonhuman primates and humans and how this affects religion, and evidence that the palliative effects of religion on brain chemistry are not matched by nonreligious remedies.This fascinating book provides key insights into the complexities of our brain and the role of religion, perhaps its most remarkable creation.