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Cognitive Science of Religion

Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion, 2020
Geertz, Armin W., van Mulukom, Valerie, Nielbo, Kristoffer Laigaard   +2 more
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The Role of Cognitive Dissonance in the Dilemma of Abandoning or Reconstructing Faith

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This article explores the role of cognitive dissonance in the process of religious conversion. Cognitive dissonance occurs when a person's beliefs, values, or actions do not match and cause discomfort (Festinger, 1957).
Merve Armagan Bogatekin, Ali Osman Tezcan   +1 more
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ARE EVOLUTIONARY/COGNITIVE THEORIES OF RELIGION RELEVANT FOR PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION?

Zygon, 2010
Biological theories of religious belief are sometimes understood to undermine the very beliefs they are describing, proposing an alternative explanation for the causes of belief different from that given by religious believers themselves.
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THE DUALISTIC, DISCARNATE PICTURE THAT HAUNTS THE COGNITIVE SCIENCE OF RELIGION

Zygon, 2015
A dualistic, discarnate picture haunts contemporary cognitive science of religion (CSR). Cognitive scientists of religion generally assert or assume a reductive physicalism, primarily through unconscious mental mechanisms that detect supernatural agency
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Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living, by Dimitris Xygalatas

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Dimitris Xygalatas is an anthropologist and cognitive scientist interested in religion, ritual, music, and sports fanship among other topics. Xygalatas’s book Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living (Profile Books, 2022; henceforth ...
Michal Uhrin
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Has the cognitive science of religion (re)defined "religion"?

Religio: Revue pro religionistiku, 2014
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the stance of the cognitive science of religion (CSR) with respect to the problem of the definition of religion. Firstly, I defend the necessity of an approximate definition of religion due to the fact that (a) definitions are microtheories and (b) there is considerable social demand for a comprehensive ...
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A scoping review and thematic analysis of the landscape of spiritual health and spirituality in Canada. [PDF]

PLoS One
Boutros HM, Mina M, Lasair S, Michaelson V, Baetz M, Kokorelias K, Harris MT, Van Doorn-Harder N.   +7 more
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The mediating role of anxiety and depressive symptoms on the relationship between physical limitations and cognitive impairment among older adults in China: differences based on religious perspective. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Zhang Y, Guo J, Lin L, Peng M, Huang J, Yang Y, Shen T.   +6 more
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HPV Vaccination Knowledge and Awareness Among Male University Students in Malaysia: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

Vaccines (Basel)
Li S, Fauzi FA, Jin Z, Manaf RA.
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Normative cognition in the cognitive science of religion

, 2023
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