The Minds of Gods: New Horizons in the Naturalistic Study of Religion

Benjamin Grant Purzycki; Theiss Bendixen

The Minds of Gods: New Horizons in the Naturalistic Study of Religion

Benjamin Grant Purzycki (Editor), Theiss Bendixen (Editor)

School of Culture and Society - Department of the Study of Religion

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Abstract

Why are humans obsessed with divine minds? What do gods know and what do they care about? What happens to us and our relationships when gods are involved?

Drawing from neuroscience, evolutionary, cultural, and applied anthropology, social psychology, religious studies, philosophy, technology, and cognitive and political sciences, The Minds of Gods probes these questions from a multitude of naturalistic perspectives. Each chapter offers brief intellectual histories of their topics, summarizes current cutting-edge questions in the field, and points to areas in need of attention from future researchers. Through an innovative theoretical framework that combines evolutionary and cognitive approaches to religion, this book brings together otherwise disparate literatures to focus on a topic that has comprised a lasting, central obsession of our species.

Original language	English

Place of publication	New York
Publisher	Bloomsbury Academic
Edition	1.
Number of pages	288
ISBN (Print)	9781350265707, 9781350265745
ISBN (Electronic)	9781350265714, 9781350265721
Publication status	Published - Feb 2023

Series	Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation

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