Magic, Miracles, and Religion : A Scientist's Perspective Paperback / softback
by Ilkka Pyysiainen
Part of the Cognitive Science of Religion series
Paperback / softback
Description
Can scientists study religion? Ilkka Pyysiäinen 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, Pyysiäinen shows how findings from cognitive science can offer new directions to debates in religion.
After providing a historical and theoretical overview of the cognitive science of religion, Pyysiäinen demonstrates how knowledge of the mind's workings can help deconstruct such concepts as "god," "ideology," "culture," "magic," "miracles," and "religion." For scholars of religion or for scholars of the mind-brain, Magic, Miracles, and Religion provides a helpful overview to this emerging field.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:298 pages
- Publisher:AltaMira Press,U.S.
- Publication Date:01/06/2004
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- ISBN:9780759106635
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:298 pages
- Publisher:AltaMira Press,U.S.
- Publication Date:01/06/2004
- Category:
- ISBN:9780759106635
