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This book presents a detailed argument to support the view that religion as a cultural practice cannot be properly explained without knowledge of the evolved cognitive mechanisms by which humans process information. This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.
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'How Religion Works offers one of the best introductions currently available on the growing interest...in the nature and function of religion'
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Kelly Bulkeley, Religious Studies Review
Modern findings in cognitive science and evolutionary psychology provide insights to the processes which make religious beliefs and behaviours efficient attractors in and across cultural settings. This text discusses how certain kinds of counter-intuitive ideas are selected for religious use.
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- Publication date2003
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