Part VII: CSR's Relations and Implications. Lived faith and cognitive intuitions : some theological implications of cognitive science of religion / Myron A. Penner. The historical genesis of cognitive science of religion / E. Thomas Lawson -- Philosophical foundations of the cognitive science of religion / Aku Visala -- The cognitive study of religious activity : beyond religion and belief / Pascal Boyer -- Part II: Religious concepts. Gods : cognition, culture, and ecology / Benjamin Grant Purzychi -- The nature of humans / Rebekah A. Richert, Kirsten Lesage -- the anture of the world / Julie Scott, Justin L. Barrett -- Part III: Religious actions. Explaining and solving practical problems supernaturally / Rachel Watson-Jones, Cristine H. Legare -- Mortuary practices / Claire White -- Part IV: Religious objects. Scripturalism : a theory / Brian Malley -- Special objects / Tyler S. Greenway -- Part V: Religious experiences. Conceiving religious dreams and nystical experiences : a predictive processing investigation / Robert E. Sears -- Extreme rituals / Dimitris Xygalatas -- Part VI: Forming religious systems. Key ingredients for a world religion : insights from cognitive and evolutionary science / James Van Slyke, D. Jason Slone -- What is the role of ritual in binding communities together? / Harvey Whitehouse, Christopher M. Kavanagh -- The failure of religious systems / Hugh Turpin, Jonathan A. Lanman -- Part VII: CSR's Relations and Implications. Neuroscience of religion / Uffe Schjoedt, Michiel van Elk -- Soul mates? : conflicts and complementarities in the evolutionary and cognitive sciences of religion / Richard Sosis, John Shaver, Benjamin Grant Purzycki, Jordan Kiper -- CSR and religious belief : epistemic friends or foes? / Hans Van Eyghen -- The cultural & developmental niche of religious cognitions : educational implications of the cognitive science of religion / Rebekah A. Richert -- Lived faith and cognitive intuitions : some theological implications of cognitive science of religion / Laird R. O. Edman, Myron A. Penner.
Summary:
"Over time, more psychologists have become contributors to cognitive science of religion (CSR), but when are they doing CSR and when are they doing psychology of religion? Does it matter? In this chapter, contemporary scientific reflections on notions of death and the afterlife are sketched to illustrate the subtle differences between CSR and psychology of religion. These kindred scientific approaches overlap considerably, but attention to their central differences will assist scholars in finding complementarity, thereby improving both schools of inquiry and their contributions to each other. After developing this thesis, this chapter introduces the organization and flow of the volume as a whole. Beginning with general theoretical and methodological foundations, the volume then considers specific applications of CSR to substantive topics such as beliefs in gods, sacred texts, sacred objects, and ritualized behaviors, before turning to how these domains of cultural expression are sometimes joined (or not) into religious systems. The volume ends with comparisons between CSR and two other neighboring approaches (evolutionary studies of religion and neuroscience of religion) and, finally, implications of CSR for philosophy of religion, religious education, and theology"-- Provided by publisher.
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