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Future research in cognitive science and religion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2005

Kelly Bulkeley
Kelly Bulkeley*
Affiliation:
The Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA94707; John F. Kennedy University, Pleasant Hill, CA94523www.kellybulkeley.com
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kellybulkeley@earthlink.net
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Abstract:

From a religious studies perspective, Atran & Norenzayan (A&N) succeed in arguing for the influence of evolved cognitive functions in religious phenomena. To develop their argument further, four suggestions are offered: (1) Look beyond the ordinary to the extraordinary; (2) culture matters more than ever; (3) theists need not despair, atheists ought not celebrate; and (4) dreaming is a primal wellspring of religion.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 6 , December 2004 , pp. 733 - 734
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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