The Oxford Handbook of the Cognitive Science of Religion is the most authoritative and comprehensive examination of the growing field of CSR. With contributions from the field's founders and its rising stars, this volume offers a critical overview of more than 25 years of research.
The Oxford Handbook of the Cognitive Science of Religion is the most authoritative and comprehensive examination of the growing field of CSR. With contributions from the field's founders and its rising stars, this volume offers a critical overview of more than 25 years of research.
Justin L. Barrett is an honorary Professor of Theology and the Sciences at St Andrews University School of Divinity. An experimental psychologist by training, he is concerned with the scientific study of religion and its philosophical as well as theological implications. He is the author of a number of books including Why Would Anyone Believe in God?, Born Believers: The Science of Childhood Religion, and Religious Cognition in China: Homo Religiosus and the Dragon.
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* Table of Contents * * Part One: Historical, Theoretical, and Methodological Foundations of CSR * 1. Ghostly Relationships: Differentiating Cognitive Science of Religion and Psychology of Religion * Justin L. Barrett * 2. The Historical Genesis of Cognitive Science of Religion * E. Thomas Lawson * 3. Philosophical Foundations of the Cognitive Science of Religion * Aku Visala * 4. The Cognitive Study of Religious Activity: Beyond Religion and Belief * Pascal Boyer * Part Two: Religious Concepts * 5. Gods: Cognition, Culture, and Ecology * Benjamin Grant Purzycki * 6. The Nature of Humans * Rebekah A. Richert and Kirsten Lesage * 7. Nature of the World * Julie Scott and Justin L. Barrett * Part Three: Religious Actions * 8. Explaining and Solving Practical Problems Supernaturally * Rachel Watson-Jones and Cristine H. Legare * 9. Mortuary Practices * Claire White * Part Four: Religious Objects * 10. Scripturalism: A theory * Brian Malley * 11. Special Objects * Tyler S. Greenway * Part Five: Religious Experiences * 12. Conceiving Religious Dreams and Mystical Experiences: A Predictive Processing Investigation * Robert E. Sears * 13. Extreme Rituals * Dimitris Xygalatas * Part Six: Forming Religious Systems * 14. Key Ingredients for a World Religion: Insights from Cognitive and Evolutionary Science * James Van Slyke and D. Jason Slone * 15. What is the Role of Ritual in Binding Communities Together? * Harvey Whitehouse and Christopher M. Kavanagh * 16. The Failure of Religious Systems * Hugh Turpin and Jonathan A. Lanman * Part Seven: CSR's Relations and Implications * 17. Neuroscience of Religion * Uffe Schjoedt and Michiel van Elk * 18. Soul Mates? Conflicts and Complementarities in the Evolutionary and Cognitive Sciences of Religion * Richard Sosis, John Shaver, Benjamin Grant Purzycki, and Jordan Kiper * 19. CSR and Religious Belief. Epistemic friends or foes? * Hans Van Eyghen * 20. The Cultural and Developmental Niche of Religious Cognitions: Educational Implications of the Cognitive Science of Religion * Rebekah A. Richert * 21. Lived Faith and Cognitive Intuitions: Some Theological Implications of Cognitive Science of Religion * Laird R. O. Edman and Myron A. Penner
* Table of Contents * * Part One: Historical, Theoretical, and Methodological Foundations of CSR * 1. Ghostly Relationships: Differentiating Cognitive Science of Religion and Psychology of Religion * Justin L. Barrett * 2. The Historical Genesis of Cognitive Science of Religion * E. Thomas Lawson * 3. Philosophical Foundations of the Cognitive Science of Religion * Aku Visala * 4. The Cognitive Study of Religious Activity: Beyond Religion and Belief * Pascal Boyer * Part Two: Religious Concepts * 5. Gods: Cognition, Culture, and Ecology * Benjamin Grant Purzycki * 6. The Nature of Humans * Rebekah A. Richert and Kirsten Lesage * 7. Nature of the World * Julie Scott and Justin L. Barrett * Part Three: Religious Actions * 8. Explaining and Solving Practical Problems Supernaturally * Rachel Watson-Jones and Cristine H. Legare * 9. Mortuary Practices * Claire White * Part Four: Religious Objects * 10. Scripturalism: A theory * Brian Malley * 11. Special Objects * Tyler S. Greenway * Part Five: Religious Experiences * 12. Conceiving Religious Dreams and Mystical Experiences: A Predictive Processing Investigation * Robert E. Sears * 13. Extreme Rituals * Dimitris Xygalatas * Part Six: Forming Religious Systems * 14. Key Ingredients for a World Religion: Insights from Cognitive and Evolutionary Science * James Van Slyke and D. Jason Slone * 15. What is the Role of Ritual in Binding Communities Together? * Harvey Whitehouse and Christopher M. Kavanagh * 16. The Failure of Religious Systems * Hugh Turpin and Jonathan A. Lanman * Part Seven: CSR's Relations and Implications * 17. Neuroscience of Religion * Uffe Schjoedt and Michiel van Elk * 18. Soul Mates? Conflicts and Complementarities in the Evolutionary and Cognitive Sciences of Religion * Richard Sosis, John Shaver, Benjamin Grant Purzycki, and Jordan Kiper * 19. CSR and Religious Belief. Epistemic friends or foes? * Hans Van Eyghen * 20. The Cultural and Developmental Niche of Religious Cognitions: Educational Implications of the Cognitive Science of Religion * Rebekah A. Richert * 21. Lived Faith and Cognitive Intuitions: Some Theological Implications of Cognitive Science of Religion * Laird R. O. Edman and Myron A. Penner
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