Current Approaches in the Cognitive Science of Religion by Ilkka Pyysiainen

Current Approaches in the Cognitive Science of Religion by Ilkka Pyysiainen

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This cognitive study of religion challenges the supernatural views of religion and the view that psychological theories are irrelevant for the understanding of religion as a cultural system. It is the interplay between the two that creates religion as a phenomenon.

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Current Approaches in the Cognitive Science of Religion by Ilkka Pyysiainen

This cognitive study of religion challenges the supernatural views of religion and the view that psychological theories are irrelevant for the understanding of religion as a cultural system. It is the interplay between the two that creates religion as a phenomenon.
Ilkka Pyysiainen is Associate Professor of Comparative Religion at the University of Turku, Finland, and Academy Research Fellow at the Academy of Finland. Veikko Anttonen is Professor and Chair of Comparative Religion at the University of Turku, Finland.
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ISBN 13 9780826457103
ISBN 10 082645710X
Title Current Approaches in the Cognitive Science of Religion
Author Ilkka Pyysiainen
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2002-09-01
Number of pages 256
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