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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449888403321

Autore

Pyysiäinen Ilkka

Titolo

How religion works [[electronic resource] ] : towards a new cognitive science of religion / / by Ilkka Pyysiäinen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2003

ISBN

1-280-46783-5

9786610467839

1-4237-1442-3

90-474-0260-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Disciplina

200/.1/9

Soggetti

Psychology, Religious

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-266) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; CHAPTER ONE Introduction: Cognitive Approach to Religion; CHAPTER TWO God and Transcendence; CHAPTER THREE Religion and Culture; CHAPTER FOUR Religion and the Social; CHAPTER FIVE Religious Belief, Experience, and Ritual; CHAPTER SIX Religion, "Worldview," and Ethics; CHAPTER SEVEN Religion and Cognition: Towards a New Science of Religion; References; Index of Names; Index of Subjects

Sommario/riassunto

Modern findings in cognitive science and evolutionary psychology provide insights to the processes which make religious beliefs and behaviours efficient attractors in and across cultural settings. This text discusses how certain kinds of counter-intuitive ideas are selected for religious use.