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The cognitive science of religion is a rapidly growing field whose practitioners apply insights from advances in cognitive science in order to provide a better understanding of religious impulses, beliefs, and behaviors. This book shows how this methodology can profitably be used in the comparative study of beliefs about superhuman agents.
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1 edition- Other · English · 2009Oxford University Press · 285 pages · 9780195380026
BuddhasCognitive scienceGodsPsychology, ReligiousReligious PsychologySoulGautama buddhaSupernatural