The believing primate : scientific, philosophical, and theological reflections on the origin of religion / edited by Jeffrey Schloss and Michael J. Murray.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-362) and index.
Contents:
Evolutionary social constructivism : narrowing (but not yet bridging) the gap / David Sloan Wilson. Religiosity as mental time-travel : cognitive adaptations for religious behavior / Joseph Bulbulia -- Cognitive science, religion, and theology / Justin Barrett -- Is religion adaptive? Yes, no, neutral, but mostly we don't know / Peter J. Richerson and Lesley Newson -- Religious belief as an evolutionary accident / Paul Bloom -- Explaining belief in the supernatural : some thoughts on Paul Bloom's "Religious belief as an evolutionary accident" / Peter van Inwagen -- Games scientists play / Alvin Plantinga -- Scientific explanations of religion and the justification of religious belief / Michael J. Murray -- Evolutionary accounts of religion : explaining and explaining away / Michael J. Murray and Andrew Goldberg -- Explaining religious experience / Charles Taliaferro -- Humanness in their hearts : where science and religion fuse / Del Ratzsch -- Theology and evolution : how much can biology explain? / John Haught -- Cognitive science and the evolution of religion : a philosophical and theological appraisal / Nancey Murphy -- Moral psychology and the misunderstanding of religion / Jonathan Haidt -- Does naturalism warrant a moral belief in universal benevolence and human rights? / Christian Smith -- Evolutionary social constructivism : narrowing (but not yet bridging) the gap / David Sloan Wilson.
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