Studying the Religious Mind
Methodology in the Cognitive Science of Religion
edited by Armin W. Geertz, Leonardo Ambasciano, Esther Eidinow, Luther H. Martin, Kristoffer Laigaard Nielbo, Nickolas P. Roubekas, Valerie van Mulukom and Dimitris Xygalatas
Paperback (Published)
(October 2022)
ISBN: 9781800501614
6.1 x 9.17 inches
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Hardback (Published)
(October 2022)
ISBN: 9781800501607
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The cognitive science of religion (CSR) does not have its own methodology, and yet from the very beginnings of the discipline, methodology has defined it not only in relation to the general study of religion in the humanities but also to the sciences interested in the mind. CSR scholars are using a wide range of methodologies, borrowing mostly from the cognitive sciences and experimental psychology, but also from biology, archaeology, history, philosophy, linguistics, the social and statistical sciences, neurosciences, and anthropology. This multi-disciplinarity, in fact, defines the cognitive science of religion. Such multi-disciplinarity requires hard work and truly interdisciplinary teams, but also continual reflections on and debates about the methodologies being used. In fact, no CSR study worth its name can rely on only one methodology. Triangulation is standard, but often even more approaches are used. This book consists of selected papers from the Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion and the Journal of Cognitive Historiography. Each chapter demonstrates a particular method or group of methods and how those methods advance our knowledge of the religious mind from the ancient past up to today.
- Edited by Leonardo Ambasciano
- Edited by Esther Eidinow
- Edited by Armin W. Geertz
- Edited by Kristoffer Laigaard Nielbo
- Edited by Luther H. Martin
- Edited by Nickolas P. Roubekas
- Edited by Valerie van Mulukom
- Edited by Dimitris Xygalatas
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