Introduction to the Cognitive Science of Religion

Name: Introduction to the Cognitive Science of Religion
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

An Introduction to the Cognitive Science of ReligionConnecting Evolution, Brain, Cognition and Culture\nAuthor(s): Claire White\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138499249, 978-1138499249\nSynopsis\nIn recent decades, a new scienti?c approach to understand, explain, and predict many features of religion has emerged. The cognitive science of religion (CSR) has amassed research on the forces that shape the tendency for humans to be religious and on what forms belief takes. It suggests that religion, like language or music, naturally emerges in humans with tractable similarities. This new approach has profound implications for how we understand religion, including why it appears so easily, and why people are willing to ?ghtand diefor it. Yet it is not without its critics, and some fear that scholars are explaining the ine?able mystery of religion away, or showing that religion is natural proves or disproves the exist.