One of the central aims of the cognitive science of religion (CSR) is to explain why
supernatural agent beliefs are so widespread. A related but distinct aim is to explain why …

Psychology is standardly defined as the study of thoughts, behaviors, and emotions.
Developmental psychopathology includes the investigation of both normal and abnormal …

Over the past 10 years research and scholarship on secularity in general, and atheism in
particular, has increased significantly. Moreover, these phenomena have been researched …

Abstract In accordance with Terror Management Theory research, secular beliefs can serve
an important role for mitigating existential concerns by providing atheists with a method to …

For many Christians, personal experiences of God provide an important ground or
justification for accepting the truth of the gospel. But we are sometimes mistaken about our …

В статье рассматривается социально-политический аспект нового атеизма. В рамках
этого явления, первоначально представленного четырьмя авторами бестселлеров-Р …

The Cognitive Science of Religion commonly advances the view that religious beliefs
emerge naturally via specific cognitive biases without cultural influence. From this …

This thesis proposes a model for religious conversion which incorporates a substantive
component as part of a more complete understanding of religious conversion, specifically in …

The cognitive science of religion (CSR) is an emerging discipline attempting to deploy the
theories and methods of the cognitive and evolutionary sciences to address enduring …

A number of scholars of nonreligion and secularity have argued in recent years for the need
to get beyond the neat binaries and the negative identities signaled by atheism and …