and Culture (1990) and Bringing Ritual to Mind: Psychological Foundations o. .

Robert N. McCauley is Professor of Philosophy at Emory University in Atlanta. He is the author, with E. Thomas Lawson, of Rethinking Religion: Connecting Cognition and Culture (1990) and Bringing Ritual to Mind: Psychological Foundations of Cultural Forms (2002).

Cognitive science of religion is the study of religious thought and behavior from the perspective of the cognitive and evolutionary sciences. The field employs methods and theories from a very broad range of disciplines, including: cognitive psychology, evolutionary psychology, cognitive anthropology, artificial intelligence, neurotheology, developmental psychology, and archaeology.

According to the cover story, anthropologists were seeking to puzzle together the long-forgotten meanings of the ritual acts and artefacts and were eager to learn from the impressions and interpretations of participants in the reconstruction.

Mind and Religion book. The result is an up-to-date snapshot of the cognitive science of religion field for classes in psychology, anthropology, or history of religion.

Cognitive science of religion Explanation of religion Fractionation of.McCauley, Robert . and E. Thomas Lawson. Bringing ritual to mind: Psychological foundations of cultural forms.

Cognitive science of religion Explanation of religion Fractionation of religion Traditional study of religion. Thanks to Joseph Langston, Justin Barrett, Justin McBrayer, Mitch Hodge and Robert McCauley for reading and providing feedback on an earlier version of this chapter. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

Cognitive science of religion is the study of religious thought and behavior . Tremlin, T. Minds and Gods: The Cognitive Foundations of Religion Oxford University Press, 2006. The field employs methods and theories from a very broad range of disciplines, including: cognitive psychology, evolutionary psychology, cognitive anthropology, artificial intelligence, cognitive neuroscience, neurobiology, zoology, and ethology. Pyysiäinen, I. How Religion Works: Towards a New Cognitive Science of Religion Brill, 2001.

Harvey Whitehouse, Robert N. McCauley. One leading theory, Harvey WhitehouseOs modes of religiosity theory, demonstrates how two distinct modes of organizing and transmitting religious traditions emerge from different ways of activating universal memory systems. In Mind and Religion, top scholars from biology to religious studies question, test, evaluate and challenge WhitehouseOs sweeping thesis.

One of the cognitive theories of religion that has generated a signicant . Whitehouse-McCauley, forthcoming). Mind and Religion: Psychological and Cognitive Foundations of Religion.

Whitehouse-McCauley, forthcoming). These symposia were generously funded by grants from the British Academy, from The John Templeton Foundation, and from the host institutions.

Implications of Cognitive Science for the Study of Religion, Special Issue of Method and .

Implications of Cognitive Science for the Study of Religion, Special Issue of Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, Vo. 6, N., ISSN 0943-3058 (print), 1570-0682 (online). 2005 with McCauley, Robert N. (ed. The Psychological and Cognitive Foundations of Religiosity, special issue of Journal of Cognition and Culture, Vo. No. -2, ISSN 1567-7095 (print), 1568-5373 (online). Mind and Religion: Psychological and Cognitive Foundations of Religiosity, Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, 248pp, ISBN 0-7591-0618-5 (cloth), 0-7591-0619-3 (paper).

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