Sex, God, and the Brain: How Sexual Pleasure Gave Birth to Religion and a Whole Lot More - Hardcoverby Andrew Newberg (Author) While others have speculated on a connection between religion and sex, neuroscientist Andrew Newberg, in Sex, God, and the Brain, is the first to demonstrate with groundbreaking brain scan research that the underlying biological mechanism of religious, spiritual, and sexual experiences are identical. Author Biography Andrew Newberg is Director of Research at the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health at Thomas Jefferson