Changing Minds: Religion And Cognition Through The Ages, edited by Istvan Czachesz and Tamas Biro. Groningen Studies in Cultural Change 42. Peeters, 2012. 260pp., pb. €48.00. ISBN-13: 9789042925533.
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https://doi.org/10.1558/jcsr.v2i1.75Keywords:
cognitive semantics, evolutionary biology, religious studiesAbstract
Book review.
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Sterelny, K. 2003. Thought in a Hostile World: The Evolution of Human Cognition. Oxford: Blackwell.
Taves, A. 2013. “Malinowski’s magic and skinner’s superstition: reconciling explanations of magical practices.” In Mental Culture: Classical Social Theory and the Cognitive Science of Religion, edited by D. Xygalatas and W. McCorkle, 80–97. London. Acumen Publishing.
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Xygalatas, D., P. Mitkidis, R. Fischer, P. Reddish, J. Skewes, A. W. Geertz and J. Bulbulia. 2013. “Extreme Rituals Promote Prosociality.” Psychological Science 20(10) 1–4.
Xygalatas, D., U. Schjødt, J. Bulbulia, I. Konvalinka and E.-M. Jegindo. 2013. “Autobiographical Memory in a Fire-Walking Ritual.” Journal of Cognition and Culture 13(1–2): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685373-12342081
Bulbulia, J. 2009. “Charismatic signalling.” Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, Culture 3(4): 518–551.
Fischer, R., R. Callander, P. Reddish and J. Bulbulia. 2013. “How do rituals affect cooperation?” Human Nature 24(2): 115–125. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12110-013-9167-y
McCauley, R. N. and E. T. Lawson. 2002. Bringing Ritual to Mind. New York: Cambridge University Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511606410
Schjoedt, U., H. Stødkilde-Jørgensen, A. W. Geertz and A. Roepstorff. 2008. “Rewarding prayers.” Neuroscience Letters 443(3): 165–168. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2008.07.068
Sibley, C. G. and J. Bulbulia. 2012. “The Proportion of Religious Residents Predicts The Values of Nonreligious Neighbours: Evidence from a National Sample.” Religion, Brain and Behavior.
Sterelny, K. 2003. Thought in a Hostile World: The Evolution of Human Cognition. Oxford: Blackwell.
Taves, A. 2013. “Malinowski’s magic and skinner’s superstition: reconciling explanations of magical practices.” In Mental Culture: Classical Social Theory and the Cognitive Science of Religion, edited by D. Xygalatas and W. McCorkle, 80–97. London. Acumen Publishing.
Turchin, P. 2005. War and Peace and War: The Life Cycles of Imperial Nations. New York London: Pearson Education distributor.
Whitehouse, H. 2004. Modes of Religiosity: A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission. Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press.
Wuchty, S. 2009. “What is a social tie?” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(36): 15099–15100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0907905106
Xygalatas, D., P. Mitkidis, R. Fischer, P. Reddish, J. Skewes, A. W. Geertz and J. Bulbulia. 2013. “Extreme Rituals Promote Prosociality.” Psychological Science 20(10) 1–4.
Xygalatas, D., U. Schjødt, J. Bulbulia, I. Konvalinka and E.-M. Jegindo. 2013. “Autobiographical Memory in a Fire-Walking Ritual.” Journal of Cognition and Culture 13(1–2): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685373-12342081
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Bulbulia, J. (2014). Changing Minds: Religion And Cognition Through The Ages, edited by Istvan Czachesz and Tamas Biro. Groningen Studies in Cultural Change 42. Peeters, 2012. 260pp., pb. €48.00. ISBN-13: 9789042925533. Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion, 2(1), 75-79. https://doi.org/10.1558/jcsr.v2i1.75
