Theological incorrectness : why religious people believe what they shouldn't /

Human minds are great at coming up with ideas that help them make sense of the world, but those ideas do not always accord with official religious beliefs. Slone presents discoveries from the cognitive science of religion and shows how they help us to understand exactly why it is that religious peop...

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Main Author: Slone, D. Jason
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Human minds are great at coming up with ideas that help them make sense of the world, but those ideas do not always accord with official religious beliefs. Slone presents discoveries from the cognitive science of religion and shows how they help us to understand exactly why it is that religious people do and think things that they shouldn't.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 156 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-151) and index.
ISBN:1423761723
9781423761723
0195169263
9780195169263
1280559063
9781280559068