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

It is widely thought that the cognitive science of religion (CSR) may have a bearing on the epistemic status of religious beliefs and on other topics in philoso

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

Argues that efforts by the anti-religious to explain and undermine religion through cognitive science are misguided and that these approaches can actually be us

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