The Cognitive Science of Religion (Hardcover)

Contents: Introduction; The standard model and the problem of causal reductionism; Counterintuitive religious concepts and emergent cognition; Theological incorrectness and the causal relevance of religious beliefs and theological reasoning; Evolutionary psychology and the emergence of the symbolic mind; Evolution, cognition, and religion: toward a multi-level perspective on the emergence of religious beliefs; Postscript; Bibliography; Index.