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A New Science of Religion: Routledge Studies in Religion

Editat de Greg Dawes, James Maclaurin
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 sep 2012
Religious belief, once in the domain of the humanities, has found a new home in the sciences. Promising new developments in the study of religion by cognitive scientists and evolutionary theorists put forward empirical hypotheses regarding the origin, spread, and character of religious beliefs. Different theories deal with different aspects of human religiosity – some focus on religious beliefs, while others focus on religious actions, and still others on the origin of religious ideas. While these theories might share a similar focus, there is plenty of disagreement in the explanations they offer.
This volume examines the diversity of new scientific theories of religion, by outlining the logical and causal relationships between these enterprises. Are they truly in competition, as their proponents sometimes suggest, or are they complementary and mutually illuminating accounts of religious belief and practice? Cognitive science has gained much from an interdisciplinary focus on mental function, and this volume explores the benefits that can be gained from a similar approach to the scientific study of religion.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415635851
ISBN-10: 0415635853
Pagini: 434
Ilustrații: 8 b/w images
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Studies in Religion

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Cuprins

Introduction Gregory Dawes and James Maclaurin  Part I: The Study of Religion 1. What is Religion? Gregory Dawes and James Maclaurin  2. Evolutionary Religion Studies: Notes on a Unified Science of Religion Todd Tremlin  3. Explaining Effervescence Joseph Bulbulia and Paul Reddish  4. Implicit Measures in the Experimental Psychology of Religion Jonathan Jong  Part II: Explanatory Strategies 5. Explaining Ritual Harvey Whitehouse  6. Ecological Signalling Joseph Bulbulia, Marcus Frean, and Paul Reddish  7. Thinking about Religion: Examining Progress in Religious Cognition Aaron C.T. Smith and Howard Sankey  Part III: Philosophical Implications 8. Evolutionary Debunking Arguments in Three Domains: Fact, Value, and Religion John S. Wilkins and Paul E. Griffiths  9. Subversive Explanations Charles R. Pigden  10. Do Naturalistic Explanations of Religious Beliefs Debunk Religion? Robert Nola  11. The Rationality of Heuristic Religious Belief Graham Wood  Notes on Contributors  Notes  Index

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There are contrasting theories that deal with different aspects of human religiosity – some focus on religious beliefs, while others focus on religious actions, and still others on the origin of religious ideas. While these theories might share a similar focus, there is plenty of disagreement in the explanations they offer. This volume examines the diversity of new scientific theories of religion, by outlining the logical and causal relationships between these enterprises. Are they truly in competition, as their proponents sometimes suggest, or are they complementary and mutually illuminating accounts of religious belief and practice?