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Engaging recent developments within the bio-cultural study of religion, Shults unveils the evolved cognitive and coalitional mechanisms by which god-conceptions are engendered in minds and nurtured in societies. He discovers and attempts to liberate a radically atheist trajectory that has long been...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Radical theologies
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137358035 |
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Engaging recent developments within the bio-cultural study of religion, Shults unveils the evolved cognitive and coalitional mechanisms by which god-conceptions are engendered in minds and nurtured in societies. He discovers and attempts to liberate a radically atheist trajectory that has long been suppressed within the discipline of theology. "A sophisticated and significant exploration of the implications of the biocultural study of religion; important not only for theologians and philosophers, but for all those interested in the role religion plays in the world today. With a series of entertaining metaphors, Shults guides us through the ways our evolved cognitive mechanisms both generate and constrain, in sometimes dangerous ways, our religious and anti-religious discourse. He makes a compelling case that this new paradigm is a profound game changer that no serious discussion of religion can responsibly ignore. I believe the sa |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9781137364548, 2014. |
| Carrier Form: | 256 p. |
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9781137358035 : 1137358033 : |
| CLC: | B920 |
| Contents: | 1. The Gods are Born - and we Have Borne Them 2. Anthropomorphic Promiscuity and Sociographic Prudery 3. The Scientific Discipline of Theology 4. Arguing about Axiological Engagement 5. Religious Family Systems 6. Letting Gods Go: Naturalism and Secularism 7. Theology after 'the Birth of God'. |