A New Science of Religion

Religious belief, once in the domain of the humanities, has found a new home in the sciences. Promising new developments in the study of religion by cognitive scientists and evolutionary theorists put forward empirical hypotheses regarding the origin, spread, and character of religious beliefs. Diff...

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1. VerfasserIn: Dawes, Greg (Verfasst von)
Beteiligte: Maclaurin, James (BeteiligteR)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Hoboken Taylor and Francis 2012
In:Jahr: 2012
Rezensionen:A New Science of Religion (2013) (Hill, Jonathan P.)
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:Routledge Studies in Religion
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Religionswissenschaft
weitere Schlagwörter:B Aufsatzsammlung
B Religion
B Electronic books
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Zusammenfassung:Religious belief, once in the domain of the humanities, has found a new home in the sciences. Promising new developments in the study of religion by cognitive scientists and evolutionary theorists put forward empirical hypotheses regarding the origin, spread, and character of religious beliefs. Different theories deal with different aspects of human religiosity - some focus on religious beliefs, while others focus on religious actions, and still others on the origin of religious ideas. While these theories might share a similar focus, there is plenty of disagreement in the explanations they of
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Physische Details:Online-Ressource (218 p)
ISBN:978-0-415-63585-1