The Cognitive Science of Religion

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A Methodological Introduction to Key Empirical Studies

Series: Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation

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The Cognitive Science of Religion explores the interdisciplinary approach to understanding how religious beliefs are formed and spread. It delves into the psychological and neurological underpinnings of religious thought, examining how cognitive processes contribute to shared beliefs and practices across cultures. The book offers insights into why certain religious concepts are universal or particularly enticing to the human mind.
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This book may appeal to you if you're intrigued by the intersection of religion, psychology, and philosophy, focusing on how cognitive processes shape religious beliefs and experiences. It explores the underlying mental structures that influence religious thought and behaviour, providing a fascinating insight into the way humans understand and interpret the world of spirituality.

The Cognitive Science of Religion

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The Cognitive Science of Religion introduces students to key empirical studies conducted over the past 25 years in this new and rapidly expanding field. In these studies, cognitive scientists of religion have applied the theories, findings, and research tools of the cognitive sciences to understanding religious thought, behaviour, and social dynamics.

Each chapter is written by a leading international scholar and summarises, in non-technical language, the original empirical study conducted by the scholar. No prior or statistical knowledge is presumed, and studies included range from the classic to the more recent and innovative cases.

Students will learn about the theories that cognitive scientists have employed to explain recurrent features of religiosity across cultures and historical eras. They will discover how scholars have tested those theories and what the results of those tests have revealed and suggest.

Written to be accessible to undergraduates, this book provides a much-needed survey of empirical studies in the cognitive science of religion.

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The Cognitive Science of Religion is well-regarded for providing a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field. It offers a rich and multifaceted exploration of methodologies and foundational studies in cognitive science and religion. Praised for its empirical and experimental approach, this volume is considered an invaluable resource for students, educators, and researchers interested in understanding the interplay between cognition and religion.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781350033689

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 January 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

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Edited by D. Jason Slone
Edited by William W. McCorkle Jr.

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 476g

Pages: 320

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology Religion & Spirituality Series: Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation

About the Author

D. Jason Slone is Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Georgia Southern University, USA.

William W. McCorkle Jr. is Senior Research Fellow at the Laboratory for the Experimental Research of Religion and Ritual, Masaryk University, Czech Republic, and is Distinguished Fellow at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. He is co-editor of Mental Culture (2013) and the author of Ritualizing the Disposal of the Deceased (2010). He is also the managing editor of the Journal of Cognitive Historiography.