Grace Contra Nature: The Etiology of Christian Religious Beliefs from the Perspective of Theology and the Cognitive Science of Religion
Cognitive science of religion is sometimes portrayed as having no bearing on the theological doctrines of particular religious traditions, such as Christianity. In this paper, I argue that the naturalistic account of the etiology of religious beliefs offered by the cognitive science of religion unde...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2022
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Theology and science
Year: 2022, Volume: 20, Issue: 4, Pages: 428-444 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AE Psychology of religion KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance |
| Further subjects: | B
etiology of religious belief
B calvin B Aquinas B grace and nature B cognitive science of religion B debunking arguments |
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| Summary: | Cognitive science of religion is sometimes portrayed as having no bearing on the theological doctrines of particular religious traditions, such as Christianity. In this paper, I argue that the naturalistic account of the etiology of religious beliefs offered by the cognitive science of religion undermines the important Christian doctrine of the grace of faith, which teaches that the special gift of divine grace is a necessary precondition for coming to faith. This has some far-reaching ramifications for Christian theology. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6719 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2022.2124480 |