How religion works : towards a new cognitive science of religion /
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.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2003.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 272 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-266) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 1423714423 9781423714422 904740260X 9789047402602 9789004132733 9004132732 1280467835 9781280467837 9786610467839 6610467838 |