Cognitive Science of Religion – serie
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Why Would Anyone Believe in God?
Häftad, 2004
458 kr
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Because of the design of our minds. That is Justin Barrett's simple answer to the question of his title. With rich evidence from cognitive science but without technical language, psychologist Barrett shows that belief in God is an almost inevitable consequence of the kind of minds we have. Most of …
Modes of Religiosity
A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission
Inbunden, 2004
1415 kr
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Religions_whatever else they may be_are configurations of cultural information reproduced across space and time. Beginning with this seemingly obvious fact of religious transmission, Harvey Whitehouse goes on to construct a testable theory of how religions are created, passed on, and changed. At …
Modes of Religiosity
A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission
Häftad, 2004
556 kr
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Religions_whatever else they may be_are configurations of cultural information reproduced across space and time. Beginning with this seemingly obvious fact of religious transmission, Harvey Whitehouse goes on to construct a testable theory of how religions are created, passed on, and changed. At …
Ritual and Memory
Toward a Comparative Anthropology of Religion
Av Harvey Whitehouse, James Laidlaw
Inbunden, 2004
1697 kr
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Ethnographers of religion have created a vast record of religious behavior from small-scale non-literate societies to globally distributed religions in urban settings. So a theory that claims to explain prominent features of ritual, myth, and belief in all contexts everywhere causes ethnographers a …
Ritual and Memory
Toward a Comparative Anthropology of Religion
Av Harvey Whitehouse, James Laidlaw
Häftad, 2004
711 kr
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Ethnographers of religion have created a vast record of religious behavior from small-scale non-literate societies to globally distributed religions in urban settings. So a theory that claims to explain prominent features of ritual, myth, and belief in all contexts everywhere causes ethnographers a …
Mind and Religion
Psychological and Cognitive Foundations of Religion
Av Harvey Whitehouse, Robert N. McCauley
Inbunden, 2005
1697 kr
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Recent cognitive approaches to the study of religion have yielded much understanding by focusing on common psychological processes that all humans share. One leading theory, Harvey WhitehouseOs modes of religiosity theory, demonstrates how two distinct modes of organizing and transmitting religious …
Mind and Religion
Psychological and Cognitive Foundations of Religion
Av Harvey Whitehouse, Robert N. McCauley
Häftad, 2005
711 kr
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Recent cognitive approaches to the study of religion have yielded much understanding by focusing on common psychological processes that all humans share. One leading theory, Harvey WhitehouseOs modes of religiosity theory, demonstrates how two distinct modes of organizing and transmitting religious …
Theorizing Religions Past
Archaeology, History, and Cognition
Av Harvey Whitehouse, Luther H. Martin
Häftad, 2004
711 kr
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Historians bound by their singular stories and archaeologists bound by their material evidence donOt typically seek out broad comparative theories of religion. But recently Harvey WhitehouseOs Omodes of religiosityO theory has been attracting many scholars of past religions. Based upon universal …
Magic, Miracles, and Religion
A Scientist's Perspective
Inbunden, 2004
1697 kr
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Can scientists study religion? Ilkka PyysiSinen says that they can. While the study of religion cannot be reduced to other disciplines, it must not ignore what other disciplines have learned about human thought and behavior. In this collection of essays, PyysiSinen shows how findings from cognitive …
Magic, Miracles, and Religion
A Scientist's Perspective
Häftad, 2004
711 kr
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Can scientists study religion? Ilkka PyysiSinen says that they can. While the study of religion cannot be reduced to other disciplines, it must not ignore what other disciplines have learned about human thought and behavior. In this collection of essays, PyysiSinen shows how findings from cognitive …
How the Bible Works
An Anthropological Study of Evangelical Biblicism
Av Brian Malley
Inbunden, 2004
1556 kr
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What do evangelicals believe when they 'believe in the Bible?' Despite hundreds of English versions that differ in their texts, evangelicals continue to believe that there is a stable text—'the Bible'—which is the authoritative word of God and an essential guide to their everyday lives. To …
How the Bible Works
An Anthropological Study of Evangelical Biblicism
Av Brian Malley
Häftad, 2004
556 kr
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What do evangelicals believe when they 'believe in the Bible?' Despite hundreds of English versions that differ in their texts, evangelicals continue to believe that there is a stable text—'the Bible'—which is the authoritative word of God and an essential guide to their everyday lives. To …
God from the Machine
Artificial Intelligence Models of Religious Cognition
Inbunden, 2006
1415 kr
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'God from the machine' (deus ex machina) refers to an ancient dramatic device where a god was mechanically brought onto the stage to save the hero from a difficult situation. But here, William Sims Bainbridge uses the term in a strikingly different way. Instead of looking to a machine to deliver an …
God from the Machine
Artificial Intelligence Models of Religious Cognition
Häftad, 2006
556 kr
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'God from the machine' (deus ex machina) refers to an ancient dramatic device where a god was mechanically brought onto the stage to save the hero from a difficult situation. But here, William Sims Bainbridge uses the term in a strikingly different way. Instead of looking to a machine to deliver an …
Cognitive Theory of Magic
Inbunden, 2006
1556 kr
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Magic is a universal phenomenon. Everywhere we look people perform ritual actions in which desirable qualities are transferred by means of physical contact and objects or persons are manipulated by things of their likeness. In this book Sørensen embraces a cognitive perspective in order to …
Cognitive Theory of Magic
Häftad, 2006
598 kr
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Magic is a universal phenomenon. Everywhere we look people perform ritual actions in which desirable qualities are transferred by means of physical contact and objects or persons are manipulated by things of their likeness. In this book Sørensen embraces a cognitive perspective in order to …
Cognitive Theory of Magic
E-bok, 2006
655 kr
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Magic is a universal phenomenon. Everywhere we look people perform ritual actions in which desirable qualities are transferred by means of physical contact and objects or persons are manipulated by things of their likeness. In this book Sørensen embraces a cognitive perspective in order to …
God from the Machine
Artificial Intelligence Models of Religious Cognition
E-bok, 2006
608 kr
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''God from the machine'' (deus ex machina) refers to an ancient dramatic device where a god was mechanically brought onto the stage to save the hero from a difficult situation. But here, William Sims Bainbridge uses the term in a strikingly different way. Instead of looking to a machine to deliver …
Mind and Religion
Psychological and Cognitive Foundations of Religion
Av Harvey Whitehouse, Robert N. McCauley
E-bok, 2005
779 kr
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Recent cognitive approaches to the study of religion have yielded much understanding by focusing on common psychological processes that all humans share. One leading theory, Harvey WhitehouseOs modes of religiosity theory, demonstrates how two distinct modes of organizing and transmitting religious …
Theorizing Religions Past
Archaeology, History, and Cognition
Av Harvey Whitehouse, Luther H. Martin
E-bok, 2004
779 kr
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Historians bound by their singular stories and archaeologists bound by their material evidence donOt typically seek out broad comparative theories of religion. But recently Harvey WhitehouseOs Omodes of religiosityO theory has been attracting many scholars of past religions. Based upon universal …
Ritual and Memory
Toward a Comparative Anthropology of Religion
Av Harvey Whitehouse, James Laidlaw
E-bok, 2004
757 kr
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Ethnographers of religion have created a vast record of religious behavior from small-scale non-literate societies to globally distributed religions in urban settings. So a theory that claims to explain prominent features of ritual, myth, and belief in all contexts everywhere causes ethnographers a …
Magic, Miracles, and Religion
A Scientist's Perspective
E-bok, 2004
779 kr
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Can scientists study religion? Ilkka PyysiSinen says that they can. While the study of religion cannot be reduced to other disciplines, it must not ignore what other disciplines have learned about human thought and behavior. In this collection of essays, PyysiSinen shows how findings from cognitive …
Modes of Religiosity
A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission
E-bok, 2004
595 kr
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Religions_whatever else they may be_are configurations of cultural information reproduced across space and time. Beginning with this seemingly obvious fact of religious transmission, Harvey Whitehouse goes on to construct a testable theory of how religions are created, passed on, and changed. At …
