An Introduction to the Cognitive Science of Religion: Connecting Evolution, Brain, Cognition and Culture - Hardcover

White, Claire

 
9781138499249: An Introduction to the Cognitive Science of Religion: Connecting Evolution, Brain, Cognition and Culture
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1138499242 ISBN 13: 9781138499249
Verlag: Routledge, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

In recent decades, a new scienti?c approach to understand, explain, and predict many features of religion has emerged. The cognitive science of religion (CSR) has amassed research on the forces that shape the tendency for humans to be religious and on what forms belief takes. It suggests that religion, like language or music, naturally emerges in humans with tractable similarities. This new approach has profound implications for how we understand religion, including why it appears so easily, and why people are willing to ?ght—and die—for it. Yet it is not without its critics, and some fear that scholars are explaining the ine?able mystery of religion away, or showing that religion is natural proves or disproves the existence of God.

An Introduction to the Cognitive Science of Religion

offers students and general readers an accessible introduction to the approach, providing an overview of key ?ndings and the debates that shape it. The volume includes a glossary of key terms, and each chapter includes suggestions for further thought and further reading as well as chapter summaries highlighting key points.

This book is an indispensable resource for introductory courses on religion and a much-needed option for advanced courses.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Claire White is Associate Professor in Religious Studies at California State University, Northridge. She was appointed as the ?rst tenure-track position in the cognitive science of religion at a religious studies department in the United States.

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Verlag
Routledge
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1138499242
ISBN 13 
9781138499249
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344
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