The believing primate : scientific, philosophical, and theological reflections on the origin of religion / edited by Jeffrey Schloss and Michael J. Murray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schloss

Contributor:

Murray, Michael J.

Schloss, Jeffrey.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion.

Human evolution--Religious aspects.

Human evolution.

Physical Description:

xii, 365 p. : ill.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Summary:

Scientific accounts of religion have received a great deal of scholarly and popular attention. The Believing Primate draws on the expertise of scientists, philosophers, and theologians, from across a wide spectrum of debate, to describe and discuss current scientific accounts.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Contributors

Introduction

1. Hand of God, Mind of Man: Punishment and Cognition in the Evolution of Cooperation

2. Religiosity as Mental Time-travel: Cognitive Adaptations for Religious Behavior

3. Cognitive Science, Religion, and Theology

4. Is Religion Adaptive? Yes, No, Neutral. But Mostly We Don't Know

5. Religious Belief as an Evolutionary Accident

6. Explaining Belief in the Supernatural: Some Thoughts on Paul Bloom's 'Religious Belief as an Evolutionary Accident'

7. Games Scientists Play

8. Scientific Explanations of Religion and the Justification of Religious Belief

9. Evolutionary Accounts of Religion: Explaining and Explaining Away

10. Explaining Religious Experience

11. Humanness in their Hearts: Where Science and Religion Fuse

12. Theology and Evolution: How Much Can Biology Explain?

13. Cognitive Science and the Evolution of Religion: A Philosophical and Theological Appraisal

14. Moral Psychology and the Misunderstanding of Religion

15. Does Naturalism Warrant a Moral Belief in Universal Benevolence and Human Rights?

16. Evolutionary Social Constructivism: Narrowing (but Not Yet Bridging) the Gap

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [339]-362) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780191567841

0191567841

0-19-170171-8

1-281-97576-1

0-19-156784-1

9786611975760

OCLC:

437096035