Natural reflections: human cognition at the nexus of science and religion

In this important and original book, eminent scholar Barbara Herrnstein Smithdescribes, assesses, and reflects upon a set of contemporary intellectual projects involving science, religion, and human cognition. One of these initiatives, which Smith calls 'the New Naturalism', is the effort, primarily by anthropologists and psychologists, to explain religion on the basis of cognitive science and evolutionary biology. Another, which she refers to as 'the New Natural Theology', is the recent attempt by a number of scientifically knowledgeabletheologians to reconcile the accounts of the world given in the natural sciences and traditional religious belief.

• ISBN: 978-0-300-14034-7
• Editorial: Yale University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 192
• Fecha Publicación: 26/02/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés