New Developments in the Cognitive Science of Religion: The Rationality of Religious Belief, by Hans van Eyghen, Rik Peels, and Gijsbert van den Brink

Authors

  • Halvor Kvandal University of South-Eastern Norway

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jcsr.27131

Keywords:

Religious Beliefs, Epistemology, Philosophy

Abstract

New Developments in the Cognitive Science of Religion: The Rationality of Religious Belief, by Hans van Eyghen, Rik Peels, and Gijsbert van den Brink. Springer. 2018. New Approaches to the Scientific Study of Religion 4. i–vii + 220pp. $139.99. ISBN: 978-3-319-90238-8.

References

Boyer, P. (1993). Cognitive aspects of religious symbolism. In P. Boyer (Ed.). Cognitive aspects of religious symbolism (pp. 4–47). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

McCauley, R. N., & Lawson, E. T. (2017). Philosophical foundations of the cognitive science of religion. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

Slingerland, E. (2008). Who’s afraid of reductionism? The study of religion in the age of cognitive science. Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 76(2), 375–411. https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/lfn004

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2024-08-27

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How to Cite

Kvandal, H. (2024). New Developments in the Cognitive Science of Religion: The Rationality of Religious Belief, by Hans van Eyghen, Rik Peels, and Gijsbert van den Brink. Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion. https://doi.org/10.1558/jcsr.27131