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Thinking about Religion

Extending the Cognitive Science of Religion

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Aaron C. T. Smith

    1. RMIT University, Australia

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion (PFPR)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. In the Beginning: Reconsidering the Cognitive Science of Religion

    • Aaron C. T. Smith
    Pages 1-34

  3. Religion in Mind: Religious Thoughts as Mental Representations

    • Aaron C. T. Smith
    Pages 35-55

  4. Sticky Thinking: Making Sense of Religious Thoughts

    • Aaron C. T. Smith
    Pages 56-75

  5. Practicing and Preaching: The Psychology of Religious Thinking

    • Aaron C. T. Smith
    Pages 76-94

  6. God in the Brain: The Neurology of Religious Cognition

    • Aaron C. T. Smith
    Pages 95-117

  7. Making Meaning: Explaining Religion in Practice

    • Aaron C. T. Smith
    Pages 118-135

  8. Evolution and Revolution: The Biology of Belief

    • Aaron C. T. Smith
    Pages 136-156

  9. The Belief Imperative: Towards an Integrated Framework for Religious Cognition

    • Aaron C. T. Smith
    Pages 157-175

  10. Faith and Facts: Religious Cognition and What We Think We Know

    • Aaron C. T. Smith
    Pages 176-191

  11. Becoming Believers: An Extended Model of Religious Cognition

    • Aaron C. T. Smith
    Pages 192-227

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 228-258
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Thinking about Religion examines cutting-edge breakthroughs from across the sciences concluding that religion persists because the mind is primed for faith, ready to grasp and fiercely defend beliefs that make sense but defy logic.

Authors and Affiliations

  • RMIT University, Australia

    Aaron C. T. Smith

About the author

Yujin Nagasawa is Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Co-Director of the John Hick Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is the author of God and Phenomenal Consciousness: A Novel Approach to Knowledge Arguments (2008). He received the Templeton Award for Theological Promise in 2008.

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