{"product_id":"a-social-cognition-perspective-of-luke-galen-9781350293908","title":"A Social Cognition Perspective of the Psychology of Religion: \"Why God Thinks Like You","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn exploration of how psychological mechanisms produce intuitions, beliefs, behaviors, and experiences that are misattributed as being unique outcomes of religious or spiritual influences. Written from a social psychology perspective, this book proposes that religious and spiritual content represent one possible interpretation of the output of processes that also produce and govern nonreligious content. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In looking at why people believe in God, and why belief in God is often linked with a range of positive outcomes such as prosociality, morality, health, and happiness, the author uses a critical lens that challenges past theories of religion's functions and adds new perspectives into a discipline that is often limited by an exclusive focus on evolutionary theory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book features several cross-cutting themes-including \"dual process\" theory and an exploration of how various social cognition mechanisms and biases can channel or shape religious content-and provides a continuous through-line linking the underlying building blocks of thought, as studied in the cognitive sciences of religion (CSR) to specific religious and spiritual concepts using a social cognition lens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Luke Galen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350293903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350293908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2024","brand":"Luke Galen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46489363513599,"sku":"9781350293908","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_77b99e41-7f14-45a3-ab04-629cc906f3d5.jpg?v=1736953337","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-social-cognition-perspective-of-luke-galen-9781350293908","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}