Cognitive Aspects Of Religious Symbolism
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Cognitive Aspects Of Religious Symbolism
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Author : Pascal Boyer
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1993-03-04
Cognitive Aspects Of Religious Symbolism written by Pascal Boyer and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-03-04 with Psychology categories.
In closely focused essays, a group of anthropologists debate the particular nature of religious concepts and categories.
Images And Symbols
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Author : Mircea Eliade
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2021-10-12
Images And Symbols written by Mircea Eliade and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-12 with Religion categories.
Mircea Eliade--one of the most renowned expositors of the psychology of religion, mythology, and magic--shows that myth and symbol constitute a mode of thought that not only came before that of discursive and logical reasoning, but is still an essential function of human consciousness. He describes and analyzes some of the most powerful and ubiquitous symbols that have ruled the mythological thinking of East and West in many times and at many levels of cultural development.
Rethinking Symbolism
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Author : Dan Sperber
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1975-09-25
Rethinking Symbolism written by Dan Sperber and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975-09-25 with Psychology categories.
"The main thrust of this book is to deliver a major critique of materialist and rationalist explanations of social and cultural forms, but the in the process Sahlins has given us a much stronger statement of the centrality of symbols in human affairs than have many of our 'practicing' symbolic anthropologists. He demonstrates that symbols enter all phases of social life: those which we tend to regard as strictly pragmatic, or based on concerns with material need or advantage, as well as those which we tend to view as purely symbolic, such as ideology, ritual, myth, moral codes, and the like. . . ."—Robert McKinley, Reviews in Anthropology
Naturalism Theism And The Cognitive Study Of Religion
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Author : Dr Aku Visala
language : en
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Release Date : 2013-06-28
Naturalism Theism And The Cognitive Study Of Religion written by Dr Aku Visala and has been published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-28 with Religion categories.
This book provides a critical philosophical analysis of the claim that contemporary cognitive approaches to religion undermine theistic beliefs. Recent scientific work into the evolution and cognition of religion has been driven by and interpreted in terms of a certain kind of philosophical and methodological naturalism. The book argues that such naturalism is not necessary for the cognitive study of religion and develops an alternative philosophical and methodological framework. This alternative framework opens the cognitive study of religion to theological and philosophical considerations and clarifies its relationship to other approaches to religious phenomena. This unique contribution to discussions regarding the philosophical and theological implications of the cognitive study of religion summarizes the so far fragmentary discussion, exposes its underlying assumptions, and develops a novel framework for further discussion.
Naturalism Theism And The Cognitive Study Of Religion
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Author : Aku Visala
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-22
Naturalism Theism And The Cognitive Study Of Religion written by Aku Visala and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-22 with Religion categories.
This book provides a critical philosophical analysis of the claim that contemporary cognitive approaches to religion undermine theistic beliefs. Recent scientific work into the evolution and cognition of religion has been driven by and interpreted in terms of a certain kind of philosophical and methodological naturalism. The book argues that such naturalism is not necessary for the cognitive study of religion and develops an alternative philosophical and methodological framework. This alternative framework opens the cognitive study of religion to theological and philosophical considerations and clarifies its relationship to other approaches to religious phenomena. This unique contribution to discussions regarding the philosophical and theological implications of the cognitive study of religion summarizes the so far fragmentary discussion, exposes its underlying assumptions, and develops a novel framework for further discussion.
Religion In Mind
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Author : Jensine Andresen
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2001-06-28
Religion In Mind written by Jensine Andresen and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06-28 with Psychology categories.
Religion in Mind is a 2001 text which summarizes and extends the advances in the cognitive study of religion throughout the 1990s. It uses empirical research from psychology and anthropology to illuminate various components of religious belief, ritual, and experience. The book examines cognitive dimensions of religion within a naturalistic view of culture, while respecting the phenomenology of religion and drawing together teachers of religion, psychologists of religion, and cognitive scientists. Expert contributors focus on phenomena such as belief-fixation and transmission; attributions of agency; anthropomorphizing; counterintuitive religious representations; the well-formedness of religious rituals; links between religious representations and emotions; and the development of god concepts. The work encourages greater interdisciplinary linkages between scholars from different fields and will be of interest to researchers in anthropology, psychology, sociology, history, philosophy, and cognitive science. It also will interest more general readers in religion and science.
The Oxford Handbook Of The Cognitive Science Of Religion
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Author : Justin L. Barrett
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022
The Oxford Handbook Of The Cognitive Science Of Religion written by Justin L. Barrett and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Medical categories.
"Over time, more psychologists have become contributors to cognitive science of religion (CSR), but when are they doing CSR and when are they doing psychology of religion? Does it matter? In this chapter, contemporary scientific reflections on notions of death and the afterlife are sketched to illustrate the subtle differences between CSR and psychology of religion. These kindred scientific approaches overlap considerably, but attention to their central differences will assist scholars in finding complementarity, thereby improving both schools of inquiry and their contributions to each other. After developing this thesis, this chapter introduces the organization and flow of the volume as a whole. Beginning with general theoretical and methodological foundations, the volume then considers specific applications of CSR to substantive topics such as beliefs in gods, sacred texts, sacred objects, and ritualized behaviors, before turning to how these domains of cultural expression are sometimes joined (or not) into religious systems. The volume ends with comparisons between CSR and two other neighboring approaches (evolutionary studies of religion and neuroscience of religion) and, finally, implications of CSR for philosophy of religion, religious education, and theology"--
Religious Symbolism
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Author : Frederick Ernest Johnson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
Religious Symbolism written by Frederick Ernest Johnson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with categories.
Religion And Cognition
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Author : D. Jason Slone
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-01
Religion And Cognition written by D. Jason Slone and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-01 with Religion categories.
The cognitive science of religion examines the mental processes that govern religious belief and behaviour. It offers a fresh and exciting approach to the scientific study of religion. 'Religion and Cognition' brings together key essays which outline the theory and illustrate this with experimental case material. The central topics in this new critical field of research are all addressed: meta-theoretical arguments for cognitive explanations of religion; theoretical models of cognition employed in the cognitive science of religion; prominent cognitive theories of religion; methods used to gather data and test theories; and experimental findings by cognitive scientists of religion.
The Naturalness Of Religious Ideas
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Author : Pascal Boyer
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-12-22
The Naturalness Of Religious Ideas written by Pascal Boyer and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-22 with Social Science categories.
Why do people have religious ideas? And why thosereligious ideas? The main theme of Pascal Boyer's work is that important aspects of religious representations are constrained by universal properties of the human mind-brain. Experimental results from developmental psychology, he says, can explain why certain religious representations are more likely to be acquired, stored, and transmitted by human minds. Considering these universal constraints, Boyer proposes an exciting new answer to the question of why similar religious representations are found in so many different cultures. His work will be widely discussed by cultural anthropologists, psychologists, and students of religion, history, and philosophy.