The study of religion is by its nature and by its history multi-disciplinary. The contribution of new research paradigms such as cognitive, evolutionary, and experimental approaches in the study of religion have called attention to a much neglected but certainly fundamental aspect of human culture – the mind. Recent work in cognitive psychology applied to religion, especially that of Boyer (2001) and Atran (2003) – both strongly influenced by Sperber (1974, 1996, 2000) – has made a strong case for the claim that practices which, bundled together, have come to be classified as “religious”, can be explained in terms of human (mind) evolution. In cognitive perspective, the building of religious concepts requires mental systems and all sort of ...
Religion is not an evolutionary adaptation per se, but a recurring by-product of the complex evoluti...
Why do people have religious ideas? And why those religious ideas? The main theme of Pascal Boyer's ...
Cognitive science of religion brings theories from the cognitive sciences to bear on why religious t...
The study of religion is by its nature and by its history multi-disciplinary. The contribution of ne...
Explaining religion it is not a matter of accounting for a single trait; it involves explaining a ve...
A cognitive study of religion shares some of its concerns with traditional approaches in cultural an...
A cognitive study of religion shares some of its concerns with traditional approaches in cultural an...
A new cognitive approach to religion is bringing fresh insights to our understanding of how religiou...
Cognitive approaches to religious phenomena have attracted considerable interdisciplinary attention ...
Cognitive approaches to religious phenomena have attracted considerable interdisciplinary attention ...
Cognitive approaches to religion in religious studies and anthropology are proving increasingly fash...
Cognition is the set of processes by which we come to know the world. Cognitive science is the set o...
ABSTRACT. One important goal in Henriques ’ (2003) Tree of Knowledge (ToK) System is to develop a th...
Recently, there is increasing interest in theories that explain religious phenomena “scientifically”...
This volume addresses the problem of change and continuity in religious traditions from the perspect...
Religion is not an evolutionary adaptation per se, but a recurring by-product of the complex evoluti...
Why do people have religious ideas? And why those religious ideas? The main theme of Pascal Boyer's ...
Cognitive science of religion brings theories from the cognitive sciences to bear on why religious t...
The study of religion is by its nature and by its history multi-disciplinary. The contribution of ne...
Explaining religion it is not a matter of accounting for a single trait; it involves explaining a ve...
A cognitive study of religion shares some of its concerns with traditional approaches in cultural an...
A cognitive study of religion shares some of its concerns with traditional approaches in cultural an...
A new cognitive approach to religion is bringing fresh insights to our understanding of how religiou...
Cognitive approaches to religious phenomena have attracted considerable interdisciplinary attention ...
Cognitive approaches to religious phenomena have attracted considerable interdisciplinary attention ...
Cognitive approaches to religion in religious studies and anthropology are proving increasingly fash...
Cognition is the set of processes by which we come to know the world. Cognitive science is the set o...
ABSTRACT. One important goal in Henriques ’ (2003) Tree of Knowledge (ToK) System is to develop a th...
Recently, there is increasing interest in theories that explain religious phenomena “scientifically”...
This volume addresses the problem of change and continuity in religious traditions from the perspect...
Religion is not an evolutionary adaptation per se, but a recurring by-product of the complex evoluti...
Why do people have religious ideas? And why those religious ideas? The main theme of Pascal Boyer's ...
Cognitive science of religion brings theories from the cognitive sciences to bear on why religious t...