Imagining the Cognitive Science of Religion: Magic Bullets, Complex Theories, Experimental Adventures

by E. Thomas Lawson

Uniting Thomas Lawson's essays on the cognitive science of religion, this volume explores theoretical issues in the study of cultural phenomena such as religion, the role of imagination, and the experiments that emerge from these theories.

The book begins with Lawson's influential essay "Towards a Cognitive Science of Religion," which was the first to employ the phrase, and has since become widely adopted in many different disciplines. It...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350355860
• ISBN13: 9781350355866
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"