![]() ![]() Recommended.' - Choice 'An outstanding set of authoritative essays, essential reading for all who are interested in the nature of religion.' - Keith Ward, Christ Church, Oxford, UK "The strength of this book is in offering something of a preview of how research coming out of CSR might be received by scholars working in various areas of religious studies. 'These are accomplished, provocative essays. Can it still claim any truth? This book debates these and related issues. ![]() ![]() Is it less ’natural’ to be an atheist than to believe in God, or gods? On the other hand, if we can explain theism psychologically, have we explained it away. Philosophers and theologians from North America, UK and Australia, explore the alleged conflict between truth claims and examine the roots of religion in human nature. Does this new discipline support religious belief, undermine it, or is it, despite many claims, perhaps eventually neutral? This subject is of immense importance, particularly given the rise of the ’new atheism’. The Roots of Religion deals with the philosophical and theological implications of the cognitive science of religion which grounds religious belief in human cognitive structures: religious belief is ’natural’, in a way that even scientific thought is not. The cognitive science of religion is a new discipline that looks at the roots of religious belief in the cognitive architecture of the human mind. ![]()
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