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Can scientists study religion? Ilkka Pyysiäinen says that they can. While the study of religion cannot be reduced to other disciplines, it must not ignore what other disciplines have learned about human thought and behavior. In this collection of essays, Pyysiäinen shows how findings from cognitive science can offer new directions to debates in religion. After providing a historical and theoretical overview of the cognitive science of religion, Pyysiäinen demonstrates how knowledge of the mind's workings can help deconstruct such concepts as 'god,' 'ideology,' 'culture,' 'magic,' 'miracles,' and 'religion.' For scholars of religion or for scholars of the mind-brain, Magic, Miracles, and Religion provides a helpful overview to this emerging field. Can Scientists Study Religion? Ilkka Pyysiainen Says They Can. While The Study Of Religion Cannot Be Reduced To Other Disciplines, It Must Not Ignore What Other Disciplines Have Learned About Human Thought And Behavior. In This Collection Of Essays, Pyysiainen Shows How Findings From Cognitive Science Can Offer New Directions To Debates In Religion. After Providing A Historical And Theoretical Overview Of The Cognitive Science Of Religion, Pyysiainen Demonstrates How Knowledge Of The Mind's Workings Can Help Deconstruct Such Concepts As God, Ideology, Culture, Magic, Miracles, And Religion. For Scholars Of Religion And For Scholars Of The Mind And Brain, Magic, Miracles, And Religion Provides A Helpful Overview To This Emerging Field.--jacket. Introduction; Or, How I Said Goodbye To An Absent-minded Study Of Religion -- What Is It Like To Be A Believer? -- A Cognitive-scientific Perspective In The Study Of Religion -- Breaking Boundaries -- Take The Buddha, For Example -- Religion: A Unique World, But In What Sense? -- Explaining Miracles -- A New Theory Of Magic -- True Fiction: The Philosophy And Psychology Of Religious Belief -- Rituals: Why Indeed? -- Singers Of Tales -- Holy Book: The Invention Of Writing And Religious Cognition -- Religion, Science, And Ideology -- 'god' As Ultimate Reality In Religion And In Science -- Religious Experience Across Cultures -- Do Cultures Exist? By Ilkka Pyysiäinen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 232-268) And Index. Dedication 6 Contents 8 Acknowledgments 10 Introduction; or, How I Said Goodbye to an Absent-Minded Study of Religion 14 1 What Is It Like to Be a Believer? 22 2 A Cognitive-Scientific Perspective in the Study of Religion 49 3 Breaking Boundaries 60 4 Take the Buddha, for Example 74 5 Religion: A Unique World, but in What Sense? 88 6 Explaining Miracles 102 7 A New Theory of Magic 111 8 True Fiction: The Philosophy and Psychology of Religious Belief 134 9 Rituals: Why Indeed? 156 10 Singers of Tales 168 11 Holy Book: The Invention of Writing and Religious Cognition 181 12 Religion, Science, and Ideology 193 13 ‘God’ as Ultimate Reality in Religion and in Science 208 14 Religious Experience across Cultures 226 15 Do Cultures Exist? 240 Bibliography 253 Index 290 About the Author 298 "Can scientists study religion? Ilkka Pyysiainen says they can. While the study of religion cannot be reduced to other disciplines, it must not ignore what other disciplines have learned about human thought and behavior. In this collection of essays, Pyysiainen shows how findings from cognitive science can offer new directions to debates in religion. After providing a historical and theoretical overview of the cognitive science of religion, Pyysiainen demonstrates how knowledge of the mind's workings can help deconstruct such concepts as "God," "ideology," "culture," "magic," "miracles," and "religion." For scholars of religion and for scholars of the mind and brain, Magic, Miracles, and Religion provides a helpful overview to this emerging field."--BOOK JACKET. Can scientists study religion? Ilkka PyysiSinen says that they can. While the study of religion cannot be reduced to other disciplines, it must not ignore what other disciplines have learned about human thought and behavior. In this collection of essays, PyysiSinen shows how findings from cognitive science can offer new directions to debates in religion. After providing a historical and theoretical overview of the cognitive science of religion, PyysiSinen demonstrates how knowledge of the mind's workings can help deconstruct such concepts as 'god,' 'ideology,' 'culture,' 'magic,' 'miracles,' and 'religion.' For scholars of religion or for scholars of the mind-brain, Magic, Miracles, and Religion provides a helpful overview to this emerging field.