Why Is Religion Natural?. Pascal Boyer.
by Boyer, Pascal; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 31Institutions. Publisher: Skeptical Inquirer, 2004ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Belief and doubt | Concepts | Faith and reason | Group identity | Psychology and religion | Religion | Religion and culture | Ritual | Thought and thinkingDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Religious beliefs and practices are found in all human groups and go back to the very beginnings of human culture. What makes religion so 'natural'? A common temptation is to search for the origin of religion in general human urges, for instance in people's wish to escape misfortune or mortality or their desire to understand the universe....Recent findings in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience offer a more empirical approach, focused on the mental machinery activated in acquiring and representing religious concepts." (SKEPTICAL INQUIRER) This article examines "why there is some kind of religion in all human cultures, why religion is so easy to acquire and transmit."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Why Is Religion Natural?, March/April 2004; pp. 25-31.
"Religious beliefs and practices are found in all human groups and go back to the very beginnings of human culture. What makes religion so 'natural'? A common temptation is to search for the origin of religion in general human urges, for instance in people's wish to escape misfortune or mortality or their desire to understand the universe....Recent findings in psychology, anthropology, and neuroscience offer a more empirical approach, focused on the mental machinery activated in acquiring and representing religious concepts." (SKEPTICAL INQUIRER) This article examines "why there is some kind of religion in all human cultures, why religion is so easy to acquire and transmit."
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