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Author Slone, D. Jason.

Title Theological incorrectness : why religious people believe what they shouldn't / D. Jason Slone
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 156 pages)
Contents Introduction: Is God a Notre Dame Football Fan? -- Religion Is for Dummies and Romantics -- Religion Is What Your Parents Say -- Religion Is Perfectly Natural, Not Naturally Perfect -- Buddha Nature -- W.D.G.D.? (What Does God Do?) -- I'd Rather Be Lucky Than Good -- Conclusion: Religion Rethought
Summary Human minds are great at coming up with ideas that help them make sense of the world, but those ideas do not always accord with official religious beliefs. Slone presents discoveries from the cognitive science of religion and shows how they help us to understand exactly why it is that religious people do and think things that they shouldn't
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-151) and index
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Subject Psychology, Religious.
Cognitive consistency -- Religious aspects.
psychology of religion.
RELIGION -- Psychology of Religion.
Cognitive consistency -- Religious aspects
Psychology, Religious
Religionspsychologie
Kognitive Konsistenz
Religion
Consistentie (logica)
Theologie.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1423761723
9781423761723
0195169263
9780195169263
1280559063
9781280559068