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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Autor principal: Shook, John R. 1966- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: 2017
En: Method & theory in the study of religion
Año: 2017, Volumen: 29, Número: 4/5, Páginas: 422-428
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Religión / Ideas innatas / Kognitive Religionswissenschaft / Antropología / Teología
Clasificaciones IxTheo:AA Ciencias de la religión
AE Psicología de la religión
FA Teología
NBE Antropología
Otras palabras clave:B Religión science of religion anthropology cognitive science theology popular religion
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Publisher)
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física: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)"
Obras secundarias:In: Method & theory in the study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341392