Neurotheology and religion experience

This study aims to investigate the religious experience part of neurotheology, which scientifically examines many spiritual issues such as religious experience and feeling the presence of God. In this context, the issue will be clarified by making use of the sub-disciplines of neurology, theology, biology and psychology, which are covered by neurotheology, and discussing the relevant parts of the subject. Although neurotheology is a recently emerging and developing field, remarkable result have been obtained with the recently used brain scanning tools. However scientists have written works dealing with the brain and the diseases that occur due to functional disorders of the brain since ancient times. In this sense one of the important example on the subject is Kamilu's Sınaatu't Tıbbiyye written by Ali b. Abbas el-Mecusi we see. In our thesis, besides discussing which parts of the brain neurologically affect the religious feelings, thoughts and experiences or which parts of the brain are responsible for these processes, the subject of consciousness is also mentioned in terms of the brain processes affecting our consciousness. In this context, it has been emphasized that religious experience is a difficult or even impossible issue to explain, since it is a matter of the mind and a subjective side of the individual. However many scientists have produced different models with their experiments and researches in this area. The information obtained with imaging devices, especially in experiments on the brain during spritüal and mystical experiences, contributed greatly to the development of neurotheology. Keywords: Brain, God, Neurology, Pyschology, Religious Experience.