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Magic, Miracles, and Religion
A Scientist's Perspective
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2004
Summary
Can scientists study religion? Ilkka PyysiSinen says that they can. While the study of religion cannot be reduced to other disciplines, it must not ignore what other disciplines have learned about human thought and behavior. In this collection of essays, PyysiSinen shows how findings from cognitive science can offer new directions to debates in religion. After providing a historical and theoretical overview of the cognitive science of religion, PyysiSinen demonstrates how knowledge of the mind's workings can help deconstruct such concepts as 'god,' 'ideology,' 'culture,' 'magic,' 'miracles,' and 'religion.' For scholars of religion or for scholars of the mind-brain, Magic, Miracles, and Religion provides a helpful overview to this emerging field.
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Copyright year
2004
ISBN-Print
978-0-7591-0663-5
ISBN-Online
978-0-7591-1556-9
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
277
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Acknowledgments No access
Introduction; or, How I Said Goodbye to anAbsent-Minded Study of Religion No access
1 What Is It Like to Be a Believer? No access Pages 1 - 27
2 A Cognitive-Scientific Perspective in the Study of Religion No access Pages 28 - 38
3 Breaking Boundaries No access Pages 39 - 52
4 Take the Buddha, for Example No access Pages 53 - 66
5 Religion: A Unique World, but in What Sense? No access Pages 67 - 80
6 Explaining Miracles No access Pages 81 - 89
7 ANew Theory of Magic No access Pages 90 - 112
8 True Fiction: The Philosophy and Psychology of Religious Belief No access Pages 113 - 134
9 Rituals: Why Indeed? No access Pages 135 - 146
10 Singers of Tales No access Pages 147 - 159
11 Holy Book: The Invention of Writing and Religious Cognition No access Pages 160 - 171
12 Religion, Science, and Ideology No access Pages 172 - 186
13 'God' as Ultimate Reality in Religion and in Science No access Pages 187 - 204
14 Religious Experience across Cultures No access Pages 205 - 218
