Title: Supernatural agents : why we believe in souls, gods, and buddhas /
Authors: Pyysiäinen, Ilkka.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Psychology, Religious.; Cognitive science.; Soul; Buddhas.; Gods.; Supernatural.
Abstract: The cognitive science of religion is a rapidly growing field whose practitioners apply insights from advances in cognitive science in order to provide a better understanding of religious impulses, beliefs, and behaviors. This book shows how this methodology can profitably be used in the comparative study of beliefs about superhuman agents.