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

9789004132733


Pages:   276
Publication Date:   28 July 2003
Format:   Paperback
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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 hardback, please click here for details.

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Author:   Ilkka Pyysiäinen
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.526kg
ISBN:  

9789004132733


ISBN 10:   9004132732
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   28 July 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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'How Religion Works offers one of the best introductions currently available on the growing interest...in the nature and function of religion' Kelly Bulkeley, Religious Studies Review


'How Religion Works offers one of the best introductions currently available on the growing interest...in the nature and function of religion' Kelly Bulkeley, Religious Studies Review


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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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