Five Issues in the Debate. (20th April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: White, Claire
• Is Part Of: Journal for the cognitive science of religion. Volume 7:Number 2(2022)
• Page Start: 21517
• Page End: 21517
• Publication Date: 2022-04-20
• Subjects: Religion and science -- Periodicals; 201.65
• DOI: 10.1558/jcsr.21517
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2049-7555

Abstract

Abstract : In this response, I identify and address five recurring issues raised in the commentaries to my recently published book, An Introduction to the Cognitive Science of Religion: Connecting Evolution, Brain, Cognition, and Culture. These issues are: (1) Conceptualizing and studying religion, (2) the dialogue between method and theory, (3) the theological implications of the CSR, (4) history and culture, and finally, I end with (5) the future of religion and the CSR. I conclude that while further developments are inevitable in a subdiscipline as young as the CSR, we have made tremendous progress already in revitalizing the study of religion towards a more scientifically grounded perspective.