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The “New Cognitive Science of Religion” and Religious Pluralism
Author(s) -
Benson John E.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
dialog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1540-6385
pISSN - 0012-2033
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6385.2007.00356.x
Subject(s) - worship , cognitive science of religion , religious pluralism , pluralism (philosophy) , inference , cognition , epistemology , philosophy , sociology , religious studies , psychology , theology , neuroscience
: The “new cognitive science of religion” (Lawson, McCauley, Boyer, Sperber, Tremlin, Pysiäinen, Hinde) finds that certain of the brian's “inference systems” press us to postulate gods or other supernatural agents where knowledge and control are lacking. In this article we explore the implications of this new “explanatory” appraoch for Christian theology, pluralism, and worship life.