How religion works : towards a new cognitive science of religion /

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Author / Creator:Pyysiäinen, Ilkka.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 272 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11136935
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ISBN:1423714423
9781423714422
904740260X
9789047402602
9789004132733
9004132732
1280467835
9781280467837
9004132732
9786610467839
6610467838
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-266) and indexes.
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Summary:Modern findings in cognitive science and evolutionary psychology provide insights to the processes which make religious beliefs and behaviours efficient attractors in and across cultural settings. This text discusses how certain kinds of counter-intuitive ideas are selected for religious use.
Other form:Print version: Pyysiäinen, Ilkka. How religion works. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003 9004132732