The believing primate: scientific, philosophical, and theological reflections on the origin of religion

Scientific accounts of religion have received a great deal of scholarly and popular attention. The Believing Primate draws on the expertise of scientists, philosophers, and theologians, from across a wide spectrum of debate, to describe and discuss current scientific accounts. INDICE: Jeffrey Schloss: Introduction; 1: Jesse Bering and Dominic Johnson: Hand of God, Mind of Man: Punishment and Cognition in the Evolution of Cooperation; 2: Joseph Bulbulia: Religiosity as mental time travel: cognitive adaptations for religious behavior; 3: Justin Barrett: Cognitive Science, Religion & Theology; 4: Peter J. Richerson and Lesley Newson: Is Religion Adaptive? Yes, no, neutral, but mostly we don't know; 5: Paul Bloom: Religious Belief asan Evolutionary Accident; 6: Peter van Inwagen: Explaining Belief in the Supernatural: Some thoughts on Paul Bloom's 'Religious Belief as Evolutionary Accident'; 7: Alvin Plantinga: Games Scientists Play; 8: Michael J. Murray: Scientific Explanations of Religion and the Justification of Religious Belief; 9: Michael J. Murray and Andrew Goldberg: Evolutionary Accounts of Religion: Explaining and Explaining Away; 10: Charles Taliaferro: Explaining Religious Experience; 11: Del Ratzsch: Humanness in their hearts: Where science and religion fuse; 12: John Haught: Theology and Evolution: How Much Can Biology Explain; 13:Nancey Murphy: Cognitive Science and the Evolutionof Religion: A Philosophical and Theological Appraisal; 14: Christian Smith: Does Naturalism Warrant a Moral Belief in Universal Benevolence and Human Rights?; 15: Jonathan Haidt: Moral Psychology and the Misunderstanding of Religion; 16: David Sloan Wilson: Evolutionary Social Constructivism: Narrowing (but not yet bridging) the Gap

• ISBN: 978-0-19-959708-6
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 384
• Fecha Publicación: 07/10/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés