Why Religion is Natural and Science is Not

by Robert N. McCauley

Book Overview

The battle between religion and science, competing methods of knowing ourselves and our world, has been raging for many centuries. Now scientists themselves are looking at cognitive foundations of religion--and arriving at some surprising conclusions.

Over the course of the past two decades, scholars have employed insights gleaned from cognitive science, evolutionary biology, and related disciplines to illuminate the study of religion. In Why...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199827265
• ISBN13: 9780199827268
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Academic
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.3"