Minds and Gods The Cognitive Foundations of Religion

Name: Minds and Gods The Cognitive Foundations of Religion
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ISBN: 9780195305340

ISBN-10: 0195305345

ISBN-13: 9780195305340

Edition: 2006

Authors: Todd Tremlin, E. Thomas Lawson

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This provocative book explains the origins and persistence of religious ideas on the basis of common structures and functions of human thought. The first general introduction to the new "cognitive science of religion," Minds and Gods presents the major themes, theories, and thinkers involved in this revolutionary new approach to human religiosity. Arguing that we cannot understand what we think until we first understand how we think, the book pursues the evolutionary forces that molded the modern human mind and continue to shape our ideas and actions today. Todd Tremlin details many of the adapted features of the brain - illustrating their operation with examples of everyday human behavior…

Book details

List price: $64.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/2/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 9.57" wide x 6.54" long x 0.78" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction



The Prehistoric Roots of the Modern Mind



The Architecture of the Modern Mind



Minds, Other Minds, and the Minds of Gods



Gods and Why They Matter



Gods and Religious Systems



Cognition and Religious Systems


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index