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The believing primate : scientific, philosophical, and theological reflections on the origin of religion

Scientific accounts of religion have received a great deal of scholarly and popular attention. This book draws on the expertize of scientists, philosophers, and theologians, from across a wide spectrum of debate, to describe and discuss current scientific accounts
eBook, English, 2009
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2009
1 online resource (xii, 365 pages) : illustrations
9780191567841, 9781281975768, 9786611975760, 0191567841, 1281975761, 6611975764
610553186
Introduction ; 1. Hand of God, Mind of Man: Punishment and Cognition in the Evolution of Cooperation ; 2. Religiosity as mental time travel: cognitive adaptations for religious behavior ; 3. Cognitive Science, Religion & Theology ; 4. Is Religion Adaptive? Yes, no, neutral, but mostly we don't know ; 5. Religious Belief as an Evolutionary Accident ; 6. Explaining Belief in the Supernatural: Some thoughts on Paul Bloom's 'Religious Belief as Evolutionary Accident' ; 7. Games Scientists Play ; 8. Scientific Explanations of Religion and the Justification of Religious Belief ; 9. Evolutionary Accounts of Religion: Explaining and Explaining Away ; 10. Explaining Religious Experience ; 11. Humanness in their hearts: Where science and religion fuse ; 12. Theology and Evolution: How Much Can Biology Explain ; 13. Cognitive Science and the Evolutionof Religion: A Philosophical and Theological Appraisal ; 14. Does Naturalism Warrant a Moral Belief in Universal Benevolence and Human Rights? ; 15. Moral Psychology and the Misunderstanding of Religion ; 16. Evolutionary Social Constructivism: Narrowing (but not yet bridging) the Gap