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Author Tremlin, Todd.

Title Minds and gods : the cognitive foundations of religion / Todd Tremlin ; foreword by E. Thomas Lawson
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 222 pages) : illustrations
Series ISSR Library
ISSR Library
Contents The prehistoric roots of the modern mind -- The architecture of the modern mind -- Minds, other minds, and the minds of gods -- Gods and why they matter -- Gods and religious systems -- Cognition and religious systems
Summary This volume explains the origins and persistence of religious ideas on the basis of common structures and functions of human thought. It describes the evolutionary forces that molded the modern human mind. It details many adapted features of the brain, illustrating their operation with examples of everyday human behavior
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-213) and index
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Subject Psychology, Religious.
Thought and thinking -- Religious aspects.
Faith.
psychology of religion.
faith.
11.06 psychology of religion.
RELIGION -- Psychology of Religion.
Faith
Psychology, Religious
Thought and thinking -- Religious aspects
Religion
Kognition
Kognitive Kompetenz
Religionspsychologie
Godsdienst.
Cognitie.
Psychology, Religious.
Thought and thinking -- Religious aspects.
Faith.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2005023088
ISBN 9780195305340
0195305345
9780198041559
0198041551
9780199784721
0199784728