| Mind and Religion: Psychological and Cognitive Foundations of Religion Contributor(s): Whitehouse, Harvey (Editor), McCauley, Robert N. (Editor), Boyer, Pascal (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0759106193 ISBN-13: 9780759106192 Publisher: Altamira Press OUR PRICE: $60.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2005 Annotation: This collection examines new psychological evidence for the modal theory and attempts to synthesize this theory with other theories of cognition and religion. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Psychology Of Religion - Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition |
| Dewey: 200.19 |
| LCCN: 2004029723 |
| Series: Cognitive Science of Religion |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.1" W x 9.04" (0.97 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Recent cognitive approaches to the study of religion have yielded much understanding by focusing on common psychological processes that all humans share. One leading theory, Harvey WhitehouseOs modes of religiosity theory, demonstrates how two distinct modes of organizing and transmitting religious traditions emerge from different ways of activating universal memory systems. In Mind and Religion, top scholars from biology to religious studies question, test, evaluate and challenge WhitehouseOs sweeping thesis. The result is an up-to-date snapshot of the cognitive science of religion field for classes in psychology, anthropology, or history of religion. |