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  • Theological Incorrectness

    Why Religious People Believe What They Shouldn't

    by Jason Slone ...
    Why do religious people believe what they shouldn't -- not what others think they shouldn't believe, but things that don't accord with their own avowed religious beliefs? D. Jason Slone terms this phenomenon "theological incorrectness." He argues that it exists because the mind is built in such a way that it's natural for us to think divergent thoughts simultaneously. Human minds are great at ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • Religion and Cognition

    A Reader

    by D. Jason Slone ...
    Series series Critical Categories in the Study of Religion
    The cognitive science of religion examines the mental processes that govern religious belief and behaviour. It offers a fresh and exciting approach to the scientific study of religion. 'Religion and Cognition' brings together key essays which outline the theory and illustrate this with experimental case material. The central topics in this new critical field of research are all addressed: meta ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • The Attraction of Religion

    A New Evolutionary Psychology of Religion

    Edited by Associate Professor D. Jason Slone, Professor James A. Van Slyke ...
    Series series Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation
    Religion is an evolutionary puzzle. It involves beliefs in counterfactual worlds and engagement in costly rituals. Yet religion is widespread across all human cultures and eras. This begs the question, why are so many people attracted to religion?In The Attraction of Religion, essays by leading scholars in evolutionary psychology, anthropology, and religious studies demonstrate how religion may be ... Read more

    $39.69 USD

  • The Cognitive Science of Religion

    A Methodological Introduction to Key Empirical Studies

    Edited by William W. McCorkle Jr., Associate Professor D. Jason Slone ...
    Series series Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation
    The Cognitive Science of Religion introduces students to key empirical studies conducted over the past 25 years in this new and rapidly expanding field. In these studies, cognitive scientists of religion have applied the theories, findings and research tools of the cognitive sciences to understanding religious thought, behaviour and social dynamics. Each chapter is written by a leading ... Read more

    $33.19 USD

  • Mind and Religion

    Psychological and Cognitive Foundations of Religion

    by Pascal Boyer, Robert Hinde, E Thomas Lawson, Todd Tremlin, Matt Day, Justin Barrett, Rebekah A. Richert, Ilkka Pyysiäinen, Jesper Sørensen, D Jason Slone ...
    Series series Cognitive Science of Religion
    Recent cognitive approaches to the study of religion have yielded much understanding by focusing on common psychological processes that all humans share. One leading theory, Harvey WhitehouseOs modes of religiosity theory, demonstrates how two distinct modes of organizing and transmitting religious traditions emerge from different ways of activating universal memory systems. In Mind and Religion, ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

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    The Disappearance of Religion and the Discovery of Faith

    by Peter Rollins ...
    In this mind-bending exploration of traditional Christianity, firebrand Peter Rollins turns the tables on conventional wisdom, offering a fresh perspective focused on a life filled with love.Peter Rollins knows one magic trick—now, make sure you watch closely. It has three parts: the Pledge, the Turn, and the Prestige. In Divine Magician, each part comes into play as he explores a radical view of ... Read more

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  • Introducing Second Language Acquisition

    by Muriel Saville-Troike, Karen Barto ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics
    Providing a solid foundation in second language acquisition, this book has become the leading introduction to the subject for students of linguistics, psychology and education, and trainee language teachers. Now in its third edition, the textbook offers comprehensive coverage of fundamental concepts, including second language acquisition (SLA) in adults and children, in formal and informal ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Rational Mysticism

    Spirituality Meets Science in the Search for Enlightenment

    by John Horgan ...
    The author of The End of Science chronicles the most advanced research into such experiences as prayer, fasting, and trances in this "great read" ( The Washington Post).How do trances, visions, prayer, satori, and other mystical experiences "work"? What induces and defines them? Is there a scientific explanation for religious mysteries and transcendent meditation? John Horgan investigates a wide ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Science

    Edited by Keith Frankish, William Ramsey ...
    Cognitive science is a cross-disciplinary enterprise devoted to understanding the nature of the mind. In recent years, investigators in philosophy, psychology, the neurosciences, artificial intelligence, and a host of other disciplines have come to appreciate how much they can learn from one another about the various dimensions of cognition. The result has been the emergence of one of the most ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Families and Faith

    How Religion is Passed Down across Generations

    by Vern L. Bengtson ...
    Winner of the Distinguished Book Award from American Sociology Association Sociology of Religion Section Winner of the Richard Kalish Best Publication Award from the Gerontological Society of America Few things are more likely to cause heartache to devout parents than seeing their child leave the faith. And it seems, from media portrayals, that this is happening more and more frequently. But is ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • The Philosophy of Cognitive Science

    by Mark J. Cain ...
    In recent decades cognitive science has revolutionised our understanding of the workings of the human mind. Philosophy has made a major contribution to cognitive science and has itself been hugely influenced by its development. This dynamic book explores the philosophical significance of cognitive science and examines the central debates that have enlivened its history.In a wide-ranging and ... Read more

    $23.00 USD

  • The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition

    by Michael Tomasello ...
    Ambitious and elegant, this book builds a bridge between evolutionary theory and cultural psychology. Michael Tomasello is one of the very few people to have done systematic research on the cognitive capacities of both nonhuman primates and human children. The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition identifies what the differences are, and suggests where they might have come from.Tomasello argues that ... Read more

    $31.19 USD