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UCL Public Lecture: Looping Between Phenomenology, Anthropology and Neuroscience: The Case of Speaking in Tongues

UCL Public Lecture: Looping Between Phenomenology, Anthropology and Neuroscience: The Case of Speaking in Tongues

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Hybrid Webinar Series: “Radical Hope in Feverish Times” | Apr 7 @ 12:00PM PST | RSVP for Zoom Webinar Access Sponsored by the the SFU Institute for the Humanities, J. S. Woodsworth Chair in the Humanities and EcoCultureLab Vancouver. ABOUT THE SESSION “Finding Psyche in Feverish Times” Are we anxious enough yet? In the firehose of current crises and challenges—from Trump and the Epstein Files to Iran, Venezuela, Gaza, and Ukraine, to climate change, conspiracy cults, the weirdness of AI, and all the rest—is there any place where we might find ourselves, or the agency to resist, or something solid and comforting behind or beneath the onslaught?

Hybrid Webinar Series: “Radical Hope in Feverish Times” | Apr 7 @ 12:00PM PST | RSVP for Zoom Webinar Access

Sponsored by the the SFU Institute for the Humanities, J. S. Woodsworth Chair in the Humanities and EcoCultureLab Vancouver. ABOUT THE SESSION “Finding Psyche in Feverish Times” Are we…

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Book Talk USF_Looping Between Anthropology, Phenomenology and Neuroscience: The Case of Speaking in Tongues

Book Talk USF_Looping Between Anthropology, Phenomenology and Neuroscience: The Case of Speaking in Tongues

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University of Edinburgh Lecture: Do The Subaltern Speak in Tongues: How Charismatic Prayer Inspires Spirit-Filled Activism Monday April 27 3-4:40 CMB Seminar Room 5, University of Edinburgh In 1906, people spoke in tongues and built a multiracial movement, often led by women, sometimes calling for the blood of the wealthy to run in the streets. In 1930, charismatic evangelicals led the fight against big-box stores in Appalachia. By 1978, most had joined the Moral Majority. You can see them in the Senate chambers on January 6.

University of Edinburgh Lecture: Do The Subaltern Speak in Tongues: How Charismatic Prayer Inspires Spirit-Filled Activism

Monday April 27 3-4:40 CMB Seminar Room 5, University of Edinburgh In 1906, people spoke in tongues and built a multiracial movement, often led by women, sometimes calling for…

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hey - this is totally a pitch -- if you think this stuff is interesting, I just wrote a book that is an oliver sacks-like storytelling take on my research on the neuroscience, experience and politics of speaking in tongues. (Bloomsbury/ Stanford - all legit) Check it out if you are inspired. Josh.

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Why Faith Survives: Disinfo Detox Podcast

Why Faith Survives: Disinfo Detox Podcast

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Praying in the MRI: A Bit of A Challenge Praying in the MRI: A Bit of A Challenge

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thinking about comparative neurophenomenology: the single type fallacy Of course religion is a neural process. Everything is. That's not really an interesting question. One risk is reducing spiritual experience to a single type — the "unitary" state, or the dissolution of self — as if mysticism had one flavor. Quiet contemplative meditation and ecstatic keening both involve both prayer and brain states, obviously, but they are radically different. Treating them as one thing tells us very little.

thinking about comparative neurophenomenology: the single type fallacy

Of course religion is a neural process. Everything is. That's not really an interesting question. One risk is reducing spiritual experience to a single type — the "unitary" state, or the dissolution of self — as if mysticism…

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Do The Subaltern Speak in Tongues? How Charismatic Prayer Inspires Spirit-Filled Activism, Public Lecture: April 7 Simon Fraser University Do The Subaltern Speak in Tongues? How Charismatic Prayer Inspires Spirit-Filled Activism, Dr. Josh Brahinsky Public Lecture: April 7, 6-8pm, Room 7000 (SFU Harbour Centre) Simon Fraser University In 1906, people spoke in tongues and built a multiracial movement, often led by women, sometimes calling for class warfare and blood to run in the streets. In 1930, charismatic evangelicals led the fight against big-box stores in Appalachia.

Do The Subaltern Speak in Tongues? How Charismatic Prayer Inspires Spirit-Filled Activism, Public Lecture: April 7 Simon Fraser University

Do The Subaltern Speak in Tongues? How Charismatic Prayer Inspires Spirit-Filled Activism, Dr. Josh Brahinsky Public Lecture: April 7, 6-8pm, Room 7000 (SFU…

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University of Cambridge: Open Lecture_The Neurophenomenology of Surrender: Agency, Renewal, and Social Engagement in Speaking in Tongues The Neurophenomenology of Surrender: Agency, Renewal, and Social Engagement in Speaking in Tongues Josh Brahinsky University of Cambridge Tuesday 28 April 2026, 16:30-18:00 Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Dept. of Psychology, Downing Site What happens in the brain when people choose to let go? While neuroscientists have studied how meditation sharpens attention and cultivates compassion, the voluntary surrender of agency remains largely unexplored.

University of Cambridge: Open Lecture_The Neurophenomenology of Surrender: Agency, Renewal, and Social Engagement in Speaking in Tongues

The Neurophenomenology of Surrender: Agency, Renewal, and Social Engagement in Speaking in Tongues Josh Brahinsky University of Cambridge Tuesday 28 April 2026,…

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Your Brain on Breath: Esalen Workshop Joining Neuroscience of Breathwork to Breathwork

Your Brain on Breath: Esalen Workshop Joining Neuroscience of Breathwork to Breathwork

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Your Brain on Breath: Esalen Workshop Joining Neuroscience of Breathwork to Breathwork

Your Brain on Breath: Esalen Workshop Joining Neuroscience of Breathwork to Breathwork

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Tongues of Fire: How Charismatic Prayer Changes Evangelical Brains and Inspires Spirit-Filled Activism, Santa Cruz Book Talk, March 30, 7-8 pm London Nelson Center Hey folks - please join us in person (or if need be, on zoom) for my Santa Cruz Book Talk_Tongues of Fire: How Charismatic Prayer Changes Evangelical Brains and Inspires Spirit Filled Activism. March 30, 7-8 pm (PST) London Nelson Center Zoom link will be here, you can preregister here and buy the book here. But come in person and say hi if you can.

Tongues of Fire: How Charismatic Prayer Changes Evangelical Brains and Inspires Spirit-Filled Activism, Santa Cruz Book Talk, March 30, 7-8 pm London Nelson Center

Hey folks - please join us in person (or if need be, on zoom) for my Santa Cruz Book Talk_Tongues of Fire: How Charismatic Prayer…

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One Mountain or Many: Comparing Prayer, Meditation and Psychedelics This is a talk I am giving in Eugene in a month or so -- comparing the neurophenomenology of prayer, meditation and psychedelics -- there is overlap, and there is difference.

One Mountain or Many: Comparing Prayer, Meditation and Psychedelics

This is a talk I am giving in Eugene in a month or so -- comparing the neurophenomenology of prayer, meditation and psychedelics -- there is overlap, and there is difference.

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