New Post: Philosophy of Religion
Rolf Ahlers, Reynolds Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Russell Sage College, answers the question: ‘What is the Philosophy of Religion?’ at PhilosophyofReligion.Org Read it Here
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New Post: Philosophy of Religion
Purushottama Bilimoria, Honorary Associate Professor of Philosophy at Deaken University (Australia), answers the question: ‘What is the Philosophy of Religion?’ at PhilosophyofReligion.Org Read it Here
New Post: Philosophy of Religion
David Baggett, Professor of Philosophy at Liberty University, answers the question: ‘What is the Philosophy of Religion?’ at PhilosophyofReligion.Org Read it Here
New Post: Philosophy of Religion
John Schellenberg, Professor of Philosophy at Mount Saint Vincent University, answers the question: ‘What is the Philosophy of Religion?’ at PhilosophyofReligion.Org Read it Here
New Post: Philosophy of Religion
Robert C. Neville, Professor of Philosophy, Religion and Theology at Boston University, answers the question: ‘What is the Philosophy of Religion?’ at PhilosophyofReligion.Org Read it Here
New Post: Philosophy of Religion
Michael Zank, Professor of Religion at Boston University and Acting Director of the Elie Wiesel Center of Judaic Studies, answers the question: ‘What is the Philosophy of Religion?’ at PhilosophyofReligion.Org Read it Here
New Publication: Understanding Atheism/Non-Belief
Research Associate Catherine Caldwell-Harris Religion, Brain and Behavior April 27, 2012 Abstract: A compelling body of scholarship exists which proposes that religious and spiritual beliefs exist in every human society because they reflect fundamental aspects of evolved human nature. This raises…
Review: Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity
As one might expect given the title, Roy Rappaport in Ritual and Religion in the Making of Humanity (Cambridge University Press, 1999) spends a great deal of time exploring the notion of ritual in this book. A majority of the…
Book review: Science and the Spiritual Quest
Nearly a decade and a half ago, an elite group of scientists gathered in Berkeley, California, to participate in a groundbreaking project called Science and the Spiritual Quest. Their object was to share insights from science’s front lines about the…
Review: Andrew Newberg’s Principles of Neurotheology
Until recently, the standard position in the perennial religion vs. science wars was one of truce. Stephen J. Gould, the late evolutionary biologist, coined the phrase “non-overlapping magisteria” to formalize the terms of the truce: religion would confine itself to…
Meditation may affect more of the brain than supposed
In recent years, much ado has been made about mindfulness meditation. Researchers and psychologists have found strong, persistent connections between meditation and enhanced executive cognitive functions – that is, high-level brain processes, like attention switching, planning, and impulse control, that…
New Publication: Religious Belief Systems of Persons with High Functioning Autism
Research Associate Catherine Caldwell-Harris, Founding Director Patrick McNamara and Co-Authors The 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Boston Massachusetts, 2011 Abstract: The cognitive science of religion is a new field which explains religious belief as emerging from normal…
Publication: Exploring the Atheist Personality
Research Associate Catherine Caldwell-Harris and Co-Authors Mental Health, Religion & Culture October 12, 2010 Abstract: Atheists are America’s least trusted group, and stereotypes about them abound: Atheists are non-conformist, sceptical, cynical, and joyless, rarely experiencing awe. Atheists (N = 42) were recruited from…
Ann Taves’s Religious Experience Reconsidered
For those of us who view some features or aspects of religion (such as ritual or religious experience) as adaptive, their sui generis character presents few obstacles to the scientific study of religion. The evolutionary history of these aspects of…
Bibliography on the Scientific Study of the Left-Right Ideological Spectrum in Politics, Religion, and Morality
This bibliography contains important resources from a wide variety of disciplines that have something to offer to the scientific study of the left-right ideological spectrum in politics, religion, and morality. It is not complete but it is extremely useful nonetheless.…
IBCSR Directors
Patrick McNamara FOUNDING DIRECTOR Neuroscientist Patrick McNamara has worked for some years on Parkinson’s Disease and conducted research on sleep and dreams. He is involved in a number of research projects having to do with the scientific study of religion…