Cognitive Evolution and Religion: Cognition and Religious Evolution

This paper presents contemporary cognitive approaches to the evolution of religious beliefs. Arguments are put forward that different types of beliefs, or ‘modes of religiosity’, occur as a result of a number of evolutionary factors (biological, cultural, socio-political etc). At the same time, reli...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:be60a6d02b2b480caf880db753761a4b2021-12-02T04:09:16ZCognitive Evolution and Religion: Cognition and Religious Evolution0353-15892334-8801https://doaj.org/article/be60a6d02b2b480caf880db753761a4b2016-03-01T00:00:00Zhttp://eap-iea.org/index.php/eap/article/view/498https://doaj.org/toc/0353-1589https://doaj.org/toc/2334-8801This paper presents contemporary cognitive approaches to the evolution of religious beliefs. Arguments are put forward that different types of beliefs, or ‘modes of religiosity’, occur as a result of a number of evolutionary factors (biological, cultural, socio-political etc). At the same time, religions across the world retain a significant level of common and shared elements, also explained in evolutionary terms.Harvey WhitehouseUniversity of BelgradearticleAnthropologyGN1-890ENFRSREtnoantropološki Problemi, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 35-47 (2016)
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Cognitive Evolution and Religion: Cognition and Religious Evolution
description This paper presents contemporary cognitive approaches to the evolution of religious beliefs. Arguments are put forward that different types of beliefs, or ‘modes of religiosity’, occur as a result of a number of evolutionary factors (biological, cultural, socio-political etc). At the same time, religions across the world retain a significant level of common and shared elements, also explained in evolutionary terms.
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title Cognitive Evolution and Religion: Cognition and Religious Evolution
title_short Cognitive Evolution and Religion: Cognition and Religious Evolution
title_full Cognitive Evolution and Religion: Cognition and Religious Evolution
title_fullStr Cognitive Evolution and Religion: Cognition and Religious Evolution
title_full_unstemmed Cognitive Evolution and Religion: Cognition and Religious Evolution
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publisher University of Belgrade
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