Theological Incorrectness: Why Religious People Believe What They Shouldn't - Couverture rigide

Slone, D. Jason

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195169263 ISBN 13 : 9780195169263

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2004

Synopsis

Why do religious people believe what they shouldn't - not what others think they shouldn't believe, but things that don't accord with their own avowed religious beliefs? Slone terms this phenomenon 'theological incorrectness'. He argues that it exists because the mind is built in such a way that it is natural for us to think divergent thoughts simultaneously. Human minds are great at coming up with innovative ideas that help them make sense of the world, but those ideas do not always accord with official religious beliefs. Slone presents the latest discoveries from the cognitive science of religion and shows how they help us to understand exactly why it is that religious people do and think things that they shouldn't.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

D. Jason Slone is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Findlay in Ohio.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195169263
• ISBN 13: 9780195169263
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 168
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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