Is Religion Natural?
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How natural is religion? Is it a phenomenon written in our genes or brains, naturally developing with the development of the human race? The book
considers the findings of evolutionary psychology from scientific,
philosophical and theological perspectives and critically examines the relation
between empirical, epistemological and theological notions.
Chapters in
the book deal with the naturalness of religion and religious experiences as
based on genetics, biology and social psychology. Other authors examine the
relationship between religion, science and theology with regard to the
naturalness of religion from a more general perspective. The last part of the
book includes views from a Muslim scholar and a historian.
Table of Contents
Unnaturalness of Theology\2. Are Religious Experiences Natural? Biological
Capacities for Religion\3. Gene Theology
and Folk Biology\4. Context Sensitivity and the Folk Psychology of Souls: Why
Bering et. al. got the Findings they Did\Part
II: Religion - naturally? Philosophical reflections\5. Religion -
Naturally. Religion, Theology, and Science\6. Do We Need to Naturalize
Religion?\7. What's Religion For? A
dilemma of the scientific investigation of religion\8. Why religious experience
is considered personal and dubitable - and what if it were not\9. The Religion
of Science\
Part III: The nature of religion - theological
perspectives\10. Perspectives
on Theomorphism in Islam\11. What Could Theologians Possibly Learn From the
Cognitive Study of Religion?\12. Natural
and Revealed Religion in Early Modern British Thought
Product details
| Published | 01 Aug 2012 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 240 |
| ISBN | 9780567227270 |
| Imprint | T&T Clark |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Series | Issues in Science and Theology |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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