| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 365 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Hand of God, mind of man : punishment and cognition in the evolution of cooperation / Dominic Johnson and Jesse Bering -- Religiosity as mental time-travel : cognitive adaptations for religious behavior / Joseph Bulbulia -- Cognitive science, religion, and theology / Justin Barrett -- Is religion adaptive? Yes, no, neutral, but mostly we don't know / Peter J. Richerson and Lesley Newson -- Religious belief as an evolutionary accident / Paul Bloom -- Explaining belief in the supernatural : some thoughts on Paul Bloom's "Religious belief as an evolutionary accident" / Peter van Imogen -- Games scientists play / Alvin Plantinga -- Scientific explanations of religion and the justification of religious belief / Michael J. Murray -- Evolutionary accounts of religion : explaining and explaining away / Michael J. Murray and Andrew Goldberg -- Explaining religious experience / Charles Taliaferro -- Humanness in their hearts : where science and religion fuse / Del Ratzsch -- Theology and evolution : how much can biology explain? / John Haught -- Cognitive science and the evolution of religion : philosophical and theological appraisal / Nancey Murphy -- Moral psychology and the misunderstanding of religion / Jonathan Haidt -- Does naturalism warrant a moral belief in universal benevolence and human rights? / Christian Smith -- Evolutionary social constructivism : narrowing (but not yet bridging) the gap / David Sloan Wilson |
| Summary |
Scientific accounts of religion have received a great deal of scholarly and popular attention. This book draws on the expertize of scientists, philosophers, and theologians, from across a wide spectrum of debate, to describe and discuss current scientific accounts |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-362) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Religion.
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Human evolution -- Religious aspects.
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religion (discipline)
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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RELIGION -- Reference.
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Religion.
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Human evolution -- Religious aspects.
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Human evolution -- Religious aspects
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Religion
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Religion och vetenskap.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Murray, Michael J
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Schloss, Jeffrey
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| LC no. |
2008042108 |
| ISBN |
9780191567841 |
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0191567841 |
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1281975761 |
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9781281975768 |
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9786611975760 |
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6611975764 |
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