ABSTRACT
Of critical importance to the study of neurotheology is the ability to use adequate and appropriate definitions on a number of different levels and topics. We must explore the importance of definitions prior to engaging the principles of neurotheology in order to better understand the various issues and problems that confront neurotheological scholarship. After all, when considering the principles of any field of scholarship, definitions are of the utmost significance since they provide a launching point from which the rest of the scholarship might proceed. For example, we see that in Isaac Newton’s Principia Mathematica he begins with a lengthy discussion of the definitions of material objects and motion. In Descartes’ Principles of Philosophy, and Alfred North Whitehead’s Principia Mathematica, again there is substantial emphasis placed initially on defining concepts and terms before proceeding to the actual principles.
