István Czachesz, Cognitive Science & the New Testament: A New Approach to Early Christian Research (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017), 288 pp. ISBN: 978-0-19877-986-5. £65.00 hbk.

Authors

  • Anders Klostergaard Petersen Aarhus University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jch.34145

Keywords:

Early Christ Religion, Cognition, Evolution

Abstract

István Czachesz, Cognitive Science & the New Testament: A New Approach to Early Christian Research (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017), 288 pp. ISBN: 978-0-19877-986-5. £65.00 hbk.

Author Biography

  • Anders Klostergaard Petersen, Aarhus University

    Anders Klostergaard Petersen, Aarhus University, Denmark

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Livingston, K. R. 2005. “Religious Practice, Brain, and Belief”. Journal of Cognition and Culture 5(1): 75–117. https://doi.org/10.1163/1568537054068633

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Uro, R. 2016. Ritual and Christian Beginnings; A Socio-Cognitive Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Published

2018-03-29

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1-2 (2016): Special Issue: Digital Humanities, Cognitive Historiography , and the Study of Religion

Section

Book Reviews

How to Cite

Petersen, A. K. (2018). István Czachesz, Cognitive Science & the New Testament: A New Approach to Early Christian Research (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017), 288 pp. ISBN: 978-0-19877-986-5. £65.00 hbk. Journal of Cognitive Historiography, 3(1-2), 232-235. https://doi.org/10.1558/jch.34145