Rodkey, Christopher D. <br/><br/>
The Synaptic Gospel  Teaching the Brain to Worship.  [electronic resource] : 

 - Lanham :  University Press of America,  2012. 
 - 1 online resource (105 pages) 
<br/><br/>The Synaptic Gospel; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements and an Opening Apology; Chapter One Introduction, Problems, and Methodologies; Chapter Two Worshiping Communities as Circles of Empathy; Chapter Three The Neuroscience of Emotion and Feeling; Chapter Four The Neurology of Worship; Chapter Five Worship as Religious Education; Chapter Six An Ecology of Liturgy: Habituating Liturgically with Youth; Selected Bibliography; Index. 
<br/><br/> <Span><span><span>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. </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">The Synaptic Gospel</span><span> will prove to be a useful theoretical tool for pastors, religious educators, youth ministers, church music professionals, and seminary students. </span></span></span> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780761857877 0761857877 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Empathy--Religious aspects.<br/>Psychology and religion.<br/>Psychology, Religious.<br/>RELIGION / Comparative Religion<br/>RELIGION / Essays<br/>RELIGION / Reference<br/>Psychology and religion.<br/>Empathy--Religious aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL53 .S384 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>200.192