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.

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RMIT University, Australia

Aaron C. T. Smith

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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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Book Title: Thinking about Religion
Book Subtitle: Extending the Cognitive Science of Religion
Authors: Aaron C. T. Smith
Series Title: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137324757
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-32474-0Published: 08 April 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-45902-5Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-32475-7Published: 08 April 2014
Series ISSN: 2634-6176
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6184
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 258
Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Religion, Religious Studies, general

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