{"product_id":"a-social-cognition-perspective-of-luke-galen-9781350293946","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 1350293946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350293946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Luke Galen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45897798975743,"sku":"9781350293946","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c9395906-b5dc-412e-9945-591f4b79151f.jpg?v=1721374777","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-social-cognition-perspective-of-luke-galen-9781350293946","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}