| Religion and Cognition: A Reader Contributor(s): Slone, D. Jason (Author) |
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ISBN: 1904768709 ISBN-13: 9781904768708 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2005 Annotation: This volume explores 'cognition' in the study of religion-that is, the mental processes that govern religious belief and behavior across cultures and eras. The essays in the volume are scientific in nature and universal in scope. They address the naturalistic meta-theoretical stances taken to epistemologically justify cognitive explanations of religion; the theoretical models of cognition that are employed in the cognitive science of religion; the prominent cognitive theories of religion to date; the methods used to gather data and test theories; and experimental findings by cognitive scientists of religion. The volume is divided into two Parts. Part I includes selections that cover the meta-theories and theories employed by cognitive scientists of religion, and Part II includes experimental studies of religion. Combined, these selections make the volume especially useful for introducing students to the basic framework of the cognitive science of religion, as well as to the experimental methods and findings that support cognitive theories of religion. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Psychology Of Religion |
| Dewey: 200.19 |
| LCCN: 2005037993 |
| Series: Critical Categories in the Study of Religion |
| Physical Information: 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The cognitive science of religion examines the mental processes that govern religious belief and behaviour. It offers a fresh and exciting approach to the scientific study of religion. 'Religion and Cognition' brings together key essays which outline the theory and illustrate this with experimental case material. The central topics in this new critical field of research are all addressed: meta-theoretical arguments for cognitive explanations of religion; theoretical models of cognition employed in the cognitive science of religion; prominent cognitive theories of religion; methods used to gather data and test theories; and experimental findings by cognitive scientists of religion. |