Why We Believe What We Believe

Andrew Newberg talks about his book, Why We Believe What We Believe: Uncovering Our Biological Need for Meaning, Spirituality, and Truth. Andrew is a member of the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is an associate professor in the Department of Radiology and Psychiatry, adjunct assistant Professor in the department of Religious Studies,and director of the Center for Spirituality and the Mind. He is also one of the founders of a new interdisciplinary field called neurotheology, and is currently teaching a course called “Science and the Sacred: An introduction to Neurotheology.”