The cognitive science of religion is a new discipline that looks at the roots of religious belief in the cognitive architecture of the human mind. The Roots of Religion deals with the philosophical and theological implications of the cognitive science of religion which grounds religious belief in human cognitive structures: religious belief is 'natural', in a way that even scientific thought is not. Does this new discipline support religious belief, undermine it, or is it, despite many claims, perhaps eventually neutral? This subject is of immense importance, particularly given the rise of the 'new atheism'. Philosophers and theologians from North America, UK and Australia, explore the alleged conflict between truth claims and examine the roots of religion in human nature. Is it less 'natural' to be an atheist than to believe in God, or gods? On the other hand, if we can explain theism psychologically, have we explained it away. Can it still claim any truth? This book debates these and related issues.

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Yes, you can access The Roots of Religion by Roger Trigg, Justin L. Barrett, Roger Trigg,Justin L. Barrett in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Religion. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher

Routledge

Year

2016

eBook ISBN

9781317016922

Edition

Topic

Theology & Religion

Subtopic

Religion

Cover
Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
1 Cognitive and Evolutionary Studies of Religion
2 Intuition, Agency Detection, and Social Coordination as Analytical and Explanatory Constructs in the Cognitive Science of Religion
3 Whose Intuitions? Which Dualism?
4 Explaining Religion at Different Levels: From Fundamentalism to Pluralism
5 HADD, Determinism and Epicureanism: An Interdisciplinary Investigation
6 Understanding ‘Person’ Talk: When is it Appropriate to Think in Terms of Persons?
7 Knowledge and the Objection to Religious Belief from Cognitive Science
8 Assessing the Third Way
9 Cognitive Science of Religion and the Rationality of Classical Theism
10 Cognitive Science and the Limits of Theology
11 Some Reflections on Cognitive Science, Doubt, and Religious Belief
12 Human Nature and Religious Freedom
Index

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