What is God’s Design for your Brain?
Connecting Neuroscience to the Bible
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©2026, 298 pages
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Centered around integrating Christian faith into neuroscience and psychology, What is God’s Design for Your Brain? Connecting Neuroscience to the Bible presents an analysis of brain, mind, and behavior from a biblical perspective. The text explores contemporary topics within these fields, focusing on what constitutes health and maladaptation in terms of neuroscientific evidence contrasted with scriptural interpretations.
Opening chapters address the history of the relationship between psychology and religion with emphasis on Christianity and neurotheology; basic neuroscience concepts and neuroplasticity; and the effects of prayer and spirituality on the brain with emphasis on mindfulness meditation. Additional chapters cover the effects of growth mindset and grit; environmental enrichment; fear, stress, and anxiety; substance use; and diet and gut health on the brain. The book emphasizes the psychological dimensions of religious experience and connects each concept with biblical doctrine to provide readers with a holistic perspective combining faith, neuroscience, and psychology.
Providing students with an interdisciplinary approach coupling scientific findings with theological insight, What is God’s Design for Your Brain? is ideal for courses in psychology, neuroscience, and neurotheology.
Opening chapters address the history of the relationship between psychology and religion with emphasis on Christianity and neurotheology; basic neuroscience concepts and neuroplasticity; and the effects of prayer and spirituality on the brain with emphasis on mindfulness meditation. Additional chapters cover the effects of growth mindset and grit; environmental enrichment; fear, stress, and anxiety; substance use; and diet and gut health on the brain. The book emphasizes the psychological dimensions of religious experience and connects each concept with biblical doctrine to provide readers with a holistic perspective combining faith, neuroscience, and psychology.
Providing students with an interdisciplinary approach coupling scientific findings with theological insight, What is God’s Design for Your Brain? is ideal for courses in psychology, neuroscience, and neurotheology.
Cosette Fox is a professor of psychology, dean of faculty, and department chair of Social Sciences at Holy Cross College at Notre Dame, Indiana. She holds a Ph.D. in experimental psychology with specialization in cognitive/behavioral neuroscience from the University of Ottawa, Canada. Dr. Fox’s research focuses on adaptability of single session interventions in cross cultural settings to improve mental health in adolescents and young adults.
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"What is God's Design for your Brain? is a critical text for our times, uniting a comprehensive account of the most current neuroscience research with Scriptural truth. A work of integration, the textbook provides students with the intellectual resources and pedagogical means by which to practice integration—both conceptual integration of neuroscience with Scriptural truth, and practical integration, offering considerations whereby students might apply what they learn to their own lives. Conceptually robust and practically relevant, the text exemplifies how science and faith together help us to more fully apprehend the truth and reality of the human person."
Beth Hlabse, M.S., LMHCA
Program Director, Fiat Program on Faith and Mental Health
McGrath Institute for Church Life
Beth Hlabse, M.S., LMHCA
Program Director, Fiat Program on Faith and Mental Health
McGrath Institute for Church Life
