: classical social theory and the cognitive science of religion Xygalatas, Dēmētrēs. creator McCorkle, William W. creator William W. McCorkle text Durham : Acumen Publishing Limited 2013 monographic eng

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x, 268 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Why is the set of human beliefs and behaviours that we call "religion" such a widespread feature of all known human societies, past and present, and why are there so many forms of religiosity found throughout history and culture? "Mental Culture" brings together an international range of scholars to answer these questions Introduction : social minds, mental cultures : weaving together cognition and culture in the study of religion / William W. McCorkle Jr and Dimitris Xygalatas Explanatory pluralism and the cognitive science of religion : why scholars in religious studies should stop worrying about reductionism / Robert McCauley Early cognitive theorists of religion : Robin Horton and his predecessors / Stewart Guthrie The opium or the aphrodisiac of the people? : Darwinizing Marx on religion / Jason Slone Immortality, creation and regulation : updating Durkheim's theory of the sacred / Harvey Whitehouse Non-ordinary powers : charisma, special affordances and the study of religion / Ann Taves Malinowski's magic and Skinner's superstition : reconciling explanations of magical practices / Konrad Talmont-Kaminski Towards an evolutionary cognitive science of mental cultures : lessons from Freud / Joseph Bulbulia Piaget on moral judgement : towards a reconciliation with nativist and sociocultural approaches / Gordon Ingram Building on William James : the role of learning in religious experience / Tanya M. Luhrmann Explaining religious concepts : Lévi-Strauss the brilliant and problematic ancestor / Pascal Boyer The meaningful brain : Clifford Geertz and the cognitive science of culture / Armin W. Geertz Cognitive science and religious thought : the case of psychological interiority in the Analects / Edward Slingerland Conclusion : moving towards a new science of religion; or, have we already arrived? / Luther H. Martin and Ilkka Pyysiäinen / Dēmētrēs Xygalatas. Anthropologie religieuse Religion and sociology Psychologie religieuse 200.19 XYG 9781844657421 : Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd. : E/261, Shastri Nagar, Delhi 221103 20221103121059.0