Cognitive Regeneration and the Noetic Effects of Sin: Why Theology and Cognitive Science May not be Compatible
Justin Barrett and Kelly James Clark have suggested that cognitive science of religion supports the existence of a god-faculty akin to sensus divinitatis. They propose that God may have given rise to the god-faculty via guided evolution. This suggestion raises two theological worries. First, our nat...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
2021
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Jahr: 2021, Band: 13, Heft: 3, Seiten: 113-137 |
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Gotteslehre
/ Sünde
/ Noetik
/ Kognitive Religionswissenschaft
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| IxTheo Notationen: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus AE Religionspsychologie NBC Gotteslehre |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
noetic effects of sin
B evolution of religion B Prejudice B cognitive science of religion B Reformed Epistemology B Sensus Divinitatis |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Justin Barrett and Kelly James Clark have suggested that cognitive science of religion supports the existence of a god-faculty akin to sensus divinitatis. They propose that God may have given rise to the god-faculty via guided evolution. This suggestion raises two theological worries. First, our natural cognition seems to favor false god-beliefs over true ones. Second, it also makes us prone to tribalism. If God hates idolatry and moral evil, why would he give rise to mind with such biases? A Plantingian response would point to the noetic effects of sin. Such a response, however, would have to assume that God is restoring the minds of believers. This paper considers empirical reasons to doubt that such a process is taking place. |
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| Enthält: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.2021.3398 |