Reply to Commentaries on “Are People Born to be Believers, or are Gods Born to be Believed?”
The four commentaries on my article “Are People Born to be Believers, or are Gods Born to be Believed?” only indirectly address my main argument that god-belief is not an innate (natural, normal, and so on) capacity of all humanity. Although scientific disciplines dispute criteria for innate biologi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2017
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| In: |
Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 29, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 422-428 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ Innate ideas
/ Kognitive Religionswissenschaft
/ Anthropology
/ Theology
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| IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion AE Psychology of religion FA Theology NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
Religion
science of religion
anthropology
cognitive science
theology
popular religion
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | The four commentaries on my article “Are People Born to be Believers, or are Gods Born to be Believed?” only indirectly address my main argument that god-belief is not an innate (natural, normal, and so on) capacity of all humanity. Although scientific disciplines dispute criteria for innate biological functions, there remains little scien-tific evidence of an inherent capacity to our species for getting acquainted with any deity. Theologies looking to science may hope that the right sort of god best fits the right sort of brain. Methodologies for scientifically studying religion should not be in-fluenced by such normative presumptions. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1570-0682 |
| Reference: | Kommentar zu "On Naturalness, Innateness, and God-beliefs: A Reply to Shook (2017)"
Kommentar zu "God Belief as an Innate Aspect of Human Nature: A Response to John Shook and Questions for Justin Barrett (2017)" Kommentar zu "Studying Religion and Trying Theological Applications (2017)" Kommentar zu "Some Comments on the Alleged Innateness of Religion (2017)" |
| Contains: | In: Method & theory in the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341392 |