Homo Religiosus?
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Homo Religiosus?

Exploring the Roots of Religion and Religious Freedom in Human Experience

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Homo Religiosus?

Exploring the Roots of Religion and Religious Freedom in Human Experience

About this book

Are humans naturally predisposed to religion and supernatural beliefs? If so, does this naturalness provide a moral foundation for religious freedom? This volume offers a cross-disciplinary approach to these questions, engaging in a range of contemporary debates at the intersection of religion, cognitive science, sociology, anthropology, political science, epistemology, and moral philosophy. The contributors to this original and important volume present individual, sometimes opposing points of view on the naturalness of religion thesis and its implications for religious freedom. Topics include the epistemological foundations of religion, the relationship between religion and health, and a discussion of the philosophical foundations of religious freedom as a natural, universal right, drawing implications for the normative role of religion in public life. By challenging dominant intellectual paradigms, such as the secularization thesis and the Enlightenment view of religion, the volume opens the door to a powerful and provocative reconceptualization of religious freedom.

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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2018
eBook ISBN
9781108397186
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Philosophy of Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Series page
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Epigraph
  7. Contents
  8. List of Contributors
  9. Introduction
  10. 1 Are Human Beings Naturally Religious?
  11. 2 Are Human Beings Naturally Religious?: A Response to Christian Smith
  12. 3 On the Naturalness of Religion and Religious Freedom
  13. 4 Sacred Versus Secular Values: Cognitive and Evolutionary Sciences of Religion and Their Implications for Religious Freedom
  14. 5 Theism, Naturalism, and Rationality
  15. 6 Alvin Plantinga on Theism, Naturalism, and Rationality
  16. 7 Research on Religion and Health: Time to Be Born Again?
  17. 8 Religion, Health, and Happiness: An Epidemiologist’s Perspective
  18. 9 Why There Is a Natural Right to Religious Freedom
  19. 10 Religious Liberty, Human Dignity, and Human Goods
  20. 11 Human Rights, Public Reason, and American Democracy: A Response to Nicholas Wolterstorff
  21. Index

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