How Religion Works: Towards a New Cognitive Science of Religion
Author:   Ilkka Pyysiäinen
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   1
ISBN:  

9789004123199


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   24 October 2001
Format:   Hardback
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This book presents a detailed argument to support the view that religion as a cultural practice cannot be properly explained without knowledge of the evolved cognitive mechanisms by which humans process information. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.

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Author:   Ilkka Pyysiäinen
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.647kg
ISBN:  

9789004123199


ISBN 10:   9004123199
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   24 October 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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'…one of the best introductions currently available on the growing interest among cognitive psychologists in the nature and function of religion.' Kelly Bulkeley, Religious Studies Review, 2003.


'...one of the best introductions currently available on the growing interest among cognitive psychologists in the nature and function of religion.' Kelly Bulkeley, Religious Studies Review, 2003.


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Ilkka Pyysiäinen, Ph.D. (1993), University of Helsinki, is Academy Research Fellow at the Academy of Finland. He has published numerous articles and edited the volume Current Approaches in the Cognitive Study of Religion (Continuum, 2002).

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