Dr. Andrea Hollingsworth

Scholarly Writings

Select Publications

​“Implications of Interpersonal Neurobiology for a Spirituality of Compassion.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 43, no. 4 (December 2008): 837-860.


​“Neurocognitive Readings of Ancient Religious Texts: Methodological Liabilities and Possibilities.” Journal for Interdisciplinary Research on Religion and Science 13 (January, 2013): 35-51.


​“Simone Weil and the Theo-Poetics of Compassion.” Modern Theology 29, no. 3 (July 2013): 203-229.


​“The Faces of Possibility in Nicholas of Cusa’s De visione Dei.” Modern Theology 32, no. 3 (2016): 341-360.


​“The Architecture of Apophasis: Exploring Options for a Cognitive Scientific Interpretation of the Via Negativa.” Religion, Brain, and Behavior 6, no. 4 (2016): 290-306.


“Group Therapy for Loss: Attachment, Intersubjectivity, and Healing.” With David R. Paine, Sarah H. Moon, Rachel Langford, Sejal Patel, Steven J. Sandage, Miriam Bronstein, and Barbod Salimi. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy 00 (2017): 1-25.

About Andrea

Andrea Hollingsworth, Ph.D., is an acclaimed keynote speaker, bestselling and award winning author, and trusted consultant who’s spent years studying the transformative power of compassion. Since 2008, she has been speaking and writing about the science and spirituality of human emotions and relationships. Her articles have been published more than a dozen times in peer-reviewed journals, and she has taught at prestigious institutions like Princeton, Boston University, and Loyola University Chicago. In addition, Dr. Andrea has delivered talks to audiences at some of the top-ranked universities in the world—including Cambridge University in England and Heidelberg University in Germany.

Dr. Andrea spends most of her time inspiring leaders and teams to use The Compassion Advantage™ to build supercharged organizations through cultures of care—especially in times of challenge and change. She lives in Maple Grove, Minnesota where she cheers hard at her son’s soccer games and relishes every opportunity to visit the north shore of Lake Superior.