Growing belief: Developmental insights into the cognitive science of religion
Commentary.White et al. (2025) provide a comprehensive overview of 30 years of research in the Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR) and offer insights on the field’s future directions.
Wen, NJ, Legare, C
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The dilemma of mind in contemporary Buddhism : some British testimony [PDF]
, 2006 Progress in neuroscience over the last half-century casts doubt on the religious intuition that the mind is a non-material entity. Without some dialogue between religion and science in order to resolve differences of fact and value, the dilemma of the ...
Kennedy, Andrew William
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Book Review “Religion Explained? The Cognitive Science of Religion after Twenty-Five Years”
, 2017 I review the book “Religion Explained? The Cognitive Science of Religion after Twenty-Five Years.” I discuss all the papers in the book and highlight some recurrent ...
Hans Van Eyghen, Van Eyghen Hans
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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
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Why sacred lands are not indivisible: the cognitive foundations of sacralising land
, 2013 Numerous political analysts have argued that conflicts over sacred land are intractable. These scholars maintain that sacred lands are psychologically perceived as indivisible, or alternatively, in the sociological tradition, their indivisibility is a ...
Sosis, Richard
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Theological Anthropology Meeting the Challenge of the (Evolutionary) Cognitive Science of Religion
, 2020 Autori u radu analiziraju osnovne odrednice relativno mladih znan-stvenih disciplina nazvanih kognitivna znanost o religiji i evolutivna kognitivna znanost o religiji, koje su postale nezaobilazne pri pokušaju ostvarenja znanstvenoga objašnjenja religije.
Richard Pavlić +3 more
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What works in internal alternative provision? A salutogenic analysis
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Schools across England are setting up ‘internal alternative provision’ to meet the social, emotional and mental health needs of increasing numbers of pupils at risk of suspension, exclusion and absence. However, there is little guidance about what good practice looks like.
Emma Simpson
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Pragmatism, Critical Realism, and the Cognitive Value of Religion and Science
Zygon, 1999 Pragmatism and critical realism are different vocabularies for talking about the cognitive value of religion and science. Each can be, and has been, used to make the case for cognitive parity between religious and scientific discourse.
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Young people's occupational aspirations beyond the aspiration discourse: A sociocultural perspective
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Young people's aspirations have been the focus of many educational, sociological and psychological studies. This paper argues, firstly, that the concept of aspirations holds greater generative potential than suggested by the policy‐oriented ‘aspiration discourse’.
Jelena Popov
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ZygonIn his 2024 Boyle Lecture, David Fergusson takes up the question “is religion natural?” In response, this panel contribution provides four reasons why theologians should be hesitant to offer answers to this question.
Joanna Leidenhag
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