The cognitive science of religion

Main Author: Van Slyke, James A.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub., c2011.
Series:Ashgate science and religion series
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10501053
Table of Contents:
  • The standard model and the problem of causal reductionism
  • Counterintuitive religious concepts and emergent cognition
  • Theological incorrectness and the causal relevance of religious beliefs and theological reasoning
  • Evolutionary psychology and the emergence of the symbolic mind
  • Evolution, cognition, and religion : toward a multi-level perspective on the emergence of religious beliefs.