NEUROTHEOLOGY: THE WORKING BRAIN AND THE WORK OF THEOLOGY |
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| Authors: | James B. Ashbrook |
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| Affiliation: | James B. Ashbrook is professor of religion and personality at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, 2121 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60201 and an advisory member of the graduate faculty, Northwestern University. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract. Because the mind is the significance of the brain and God is the significance of the mind, the concept "mind" bridges how the brain works and traditional patterns of belief. The left mind, which utilizes rational vigilance and the imperative instructions of proclamation, names and analyzes the urgently right. The right mind, which discloses the relational responsiveness of numinous presence and natural symbolism, is immersed in and integrates the ultimately real. Together they provide a typology of mind-states with which to assess regressive, functional, and creative patterns. Hand dominance, gender differences, and cultural bias qualify the use of the metaphor. |
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