ABSTRACT
If neurotheology is to be considered a viable field going forward, it requires a set of clear principles that can be generally agreed upon and supported by both the theological or religious perspective and the scientific one as well. The overall purpose of this book is to set forth the necessary principles of neurotheology which can be used as a foundation for future neurotheological discourse and scholarship. In time, it would be highly valuable to have added input from a wide range of scholars with regard to these principles so that the field of neurotheology remains dynamic in its scope and process. Thus, it is likely that as this field proceeds, the guiding principles will require some welcome modifications. Also, it should be clearly stated that rather than specifically try to answer major theological or scientific questions, this book intends to espouse a program of scholarship and a methodological basis for future inquiry, thereby laying the groundwork for a new synthesis of scientific and theological discourse. In the end, neurotheology, a term fraught with potential problems, might nevertheless, be a highly useful and important voice in the greater study of religious and theological ideas and their intersection with science.
