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The Fracture Of An Illusion

Science And The Dissolution Of Religion

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-3-525-56940-5
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Erscheinungstermin: 21.07.2010
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Pascal Boyer pursues an individual approach by connecting the perspective of evolutionary cognitive science with religious thought and behavior.

Spielt Religion eine positive Rolle in der Entwicklung des Menschen oder handelt es sich dabei eher um ein Nebenprodukt der Evolution, ohne erkennbaren Sinn und Funktion?


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Autoren

Pascal Boyer, PhD, ist Henry Luce Professor of Individual and Collective Memory an der Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Er ist Psychologe, Anthropologe und Religionsphilosoph und hat Forschungsstellen an verschiedenen Universitäten weltweit.

Herausgeber

Dr. phil. Thomas M. Schmidt ist Professor für Religionsphilosophie am Fachbereich Katholische Theologie der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.

Michael G. Parker, PhD, ist Religionsphilosoph in Frankfurt.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Dr. theol. Elisabeth Gräb-Schmidt ist Professorin für Systematische Theologie an der Universität Gießen.

1. Is there such a thing as religion?
2. What is natural in religions?
3. Do religions make people better?
4. Is there a religious experience?
5. Are religions against reason and freedom?
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Notes

Pascal Boyer argues that religion is largely an illusion. The anthropologist traces religion’s cognitive and evolutionary aspects. By 'religion' he means a kind of existential and cognitive 'package' that includes views about supernatural agency (gods), notions of morality, particular rituals and sometimes particular experiences, as well as membership in a particular community of believers. The package, however, does not really exist as such. Notions of supernatural agents, of morality, of ethnic identity, or ritual requirements and other experience, all appear in human minds independently. This implies that there is no such thing as a conflict between science and religion. Boyer takes the reader onto a journey through science and the dissolution of religion.>