Seeking the supernatural: the Interactive Religious Experience Model

We develop a new model of how human agency-detection capacities and other socio-cognitive biases are involved in forming religious beliefs. Crucially, we distinguish general religious beliefs (such as God exists) from personal religious beliefs that directly refer to the agent holding the belief or...

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Authors: Leeuwen, Neil Van (Author) ; Elk, Michiel van 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2019
In: Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2019, Volume: 9, Issue: 3, Pages: 221-251
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Theory of mind / The Supernatural / Plot / Recognizing / Religious experience / Interactionalism / Research method
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AE Psychology of religion
Further subjects:B Belief
B indexicals
B Religious Experience
B Ritual
B supernatural agents
B Agency Detection
B Intuition
B Theory of mind
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