Minds and gods
Subtitle: the cognitive foundations of religion
By: Todd Tremlin ; foreword by E. Thomas Lawson.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780195305340
Subjects: Psychology, Religious; Thought and thinking -- Religious aspects; Faith
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The prehistoric roots of the modern mind; title: The architecture of the modern mind; title: Minds, other minds, and the minds of gods; title: Gods and why they matter; title: Gods and religious systems; title: Cognition and religious systems.