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Mind and Religion

Psychological and Cognitive Foundations of Religion

Robert N McCauley editor Harvey Whitehouse editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:AltaMira Press

Published:2nd Jun '05

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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 traditions emerge from different ways of activating universal memory systems. In Mind and Religion, top scholars from biology to religious studies question, test, evaluate and challenge WhitehouseOs sweeping thesis. The result is an up-to-date snapshot of the cognitive science of religion field for classes in psychology, anthropology, or history of religion.

This book provides an excellent set of commentaries, and for those interested in cognitive approaches to religion more generally, it offers a good overview. * Journal Of The Royal Anthropological Institute *

ISBN: 9780759106185

Dimensions: 241mm x 157mm x 23mm

Weight: 621g

248 pages