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Contemporary Theories of Religious Experience

NIAS Seminar

Michiel van Elk, Assistant Professor in Neuropsychology at the University of Amsterdam, discusses his research on religious experience.

Everywhere in the world we find spiritual experts, gurus and shamans. However, nowhere is there a society in which everyone is an expert. Why is it that spiritual experiences come easy to some but not to others?

About NIAS Seminars

NIAS Seminars are aimed to stimulate scientific cross-pollination within the NIAS academic community. Attendance is by invitation only.

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