In recent decades, a new scientific approach to understand, explain, and predict many features of religion has emerged. The cognitive science of religion (CSR)

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 thes

Recent findings in cognitive science and evolutionary psychology provide important insights to the processes which make religious beliefs and behaviors such eff

Cognitive Science, Religion, and Theology is the eighth title published in the Templeton Science and Religion Series, in which scientists from a wide range of f

The cognitive science of religion is a relatively new academic field in the study of the origins and causes of religious belief and behaviour. The focal point o