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Religion and science as forms of life : anthropological insights into reason and unreason / edited by Carles Salazar and Joan Bestard.

Van Pelt Library BL256 .R438 2015
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Salazar, Carles, editor.
Bestard-Camps, Joan, editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Ethnology--Religious aspects.
Ethnology.
Religion and science.
Faith and reason.
Physical Description:
231 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Berghahn Books, 2015.
Contents:
Introduction : science, religion and forms of life / Carles Salazar
Maturationally natural cognition impedes professional science and facilitates popular religion / Robert N. McCauley
Scientific vs. religious 'knowledge' in evolutionary perspective / Michael Blume
Magic and ritual in an age of science / Jesper Sorensen
Moral employments of scientific thought / Timothy Jenkins
The social life of concepts : public and private 'knowledge' of scientific creationism / Simon Coleman
The embryo, sacred and profane / Marit Melhuus
The religions of science and the sciences of religion in Brazil / Roger Sansi-Roca
Science in action, religion in thought : Catholic charismatics' notions about illness / Maria Coma
On the resilience of superstition / Joao de Pina-Cabral
Religion, magic and practical reason : meaning and everyday life in contemporary Ireland / Tom Inglis
Can the dead suffer traumas? religion and science after the Vietnam War / Heonik Kwon.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781782384885
178238488X
OCLC:
892894898

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