How Religion Works : towards a new cognitive science of religion
by
ilkka Pyysiainen
Call Number: EBSCOhost Ebooks
ISBN: 1280467835
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Modern findings in cognitive science and evolutionary psychology provide insights to the processes which make religious beliefs and behaviours efficient attractors in and across cultural settings. This text discusses how certain kinds of counter-intuitive ideas are selected for religious use.