Supernatural agents
Subtitle: why we believe in souls, buddhas, and gods
By: Ilkka Pyysiäinen.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780195380026
Subjects: Psychology, Religious; Cognitive science; Soul; Buddhas; Gods
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.