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A Social Cognition Perspective of the Psychology of Religion - “Why God Thinks Like You" (Hardcover)
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A Social Cognition Perspective of the Psychology of Religion - “Why God Thinks Like You" (Hardcover)
Series: Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation
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An exploration of how psychological mechanisms produce intuitions,
beliefs, behaviors, and experiences that are misattributed as being
unique outcomes of religious or spiritual influences. Written from
a social psychology perspective, this book proposes that religious
and spiritual content represent one possible interpretation of the
output of processes that also produce and govern nonreligious
content. In looking at why people believe in God, and why belief in
God is often linked with a range of positive outcomes such as
prosociality, morality, health, and happiness, the author uses a
critical lens that challenges past theories of religion’s
functions and adds new perspectives into a discipline that is often
limited by an exclusive focus on evolutionary theory. This book
features several cross-cutting themes—including “dual
process” theory and an exploration of how various social
cognition mechanisms and biases can channel or shape religious
content—and provides a continuous through-line linking the
underlying building blocks of thought, as studied in the cognitive
sciences of religion (CSR) to specific religious and spiritual
concepts using a social cognition lens.
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