Are People Born to be Believers, or are Gods Born to be Believed?
Proposals that god-belief is an innate capacity of all humanity have not been confirmed by empirical studies. Scientific disciplines presently lean against god-belief’s innateness. Perhaps religion should be relieved that belief in gods is not innate. Intuitive cognitive functions supporting god-bel...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2017
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| In: |
Method & theory in the study of religion
Jahr: 2017, Band: 29, Heft: 4/5, Seiten: 353-373 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Gott
/ Glaube
/ Angeborene Ideen
/ Kognitive Religionswissenschaft
/ Anthropologie
/ Theologie
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Religionswissenschaft AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus AE Religionspsychologie FA Theologie NBE Anthropologie |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Religion
science of religion
anthropology
cognitive science
theology
popular religion
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| Zusammenfassung: | Proposals that god-belief is an innate capacity of all humanity have not been confirmed by empirical studies. Scientific disciplines presently lean against god-belief’s innateness. Perhaps religion should be relieved that belief in gods is not innate. Intuitive cognitive functions supporting god-belief offer little convergence upon any god. Religious pluralism back to the Stone Age displays no consensus either. Any cognition for god-belief can only be deemed as mostly or entirely misleading. Theology has tried to forestall that skeptical judgment, by dictating what counts as authentic religiosity and who enjoys a valid idea of god. Justin Barrett exemplifies this theological interference with scientific inquiry. Contorting the anthropology and cognitive science of religion too far, his quest for a primal natural religion won’t match up with his search for intuitive conceptions of god. His quest for god-belief’s innateness devolves into theological dogmatism, deepening doubts that scientific theories of religion will validate god-belief. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0682 |
| Bezug: | Kommentar in "On Naturalness, Innateness, and God-beliefs: A Reply to Shook (2017)"
Kommentar in "God Belief as an Innate Aspect of Human Nature: A Response to John Shook and Questions for Justin Barrett (2017)" Kommentar in "Studying Religion and Trying Theological Applications (2017)" Kommentar in "Some Comments on the Alleged Innateness of Religion (2017)" |
| Enthält: | In: Method & theory in the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341389 |