Title: Minds and gods : the cognitive foundations of religion /
Authors: Tremlin, Todd.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Psychology, Religious.; Thought and thinking Religious aspects; Faith.; Psychology and religion.; Evolutionary psychology.
Abstract: This volume explains the origins and persistence of religious ideas on the basis of common structures and functions of human thought. It describes the evolutionary forces that molded the modern human mind. It details many adapted features of the brain, illustrating their operation with examples of everyday human behavior.
Contents: The prehistoric roots of the modern mind -- The architecture of the modern mind -- Minds, other minds, and the minds of gods -- Gods and why they matter -- Gods and religious systems -- Cognition and religious systems.