{"product_id":"culture-and-the-cognitive-science-james-cresswell-9780367363383","title":"Culture and the Cognitive Science of Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCulture and the Cognitive Science of Religion\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book to bring together cultural psychology and the cognitive science of religion (CSR). Containing much-needed discussion of how good research should do more than simply follow methodological prescriptions, this thought-provoking and original book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eoutlines the ways in which CSR can be used to study everyday religious belief without sacrificing psychological science.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCresswell's pragmatist approach expands CSR in a　radically new direction. The author shows how language and culture can be integrated within CSR in order to achieve an alternative ontogenetic and phylogenetic approach to cognition, and argues that a view of cognition that is not based on modularity, but on the dynamic connection between an organism and its milieu, can lead to a view of evolution that makes much more room for the constitutive role of culture in cognition. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs a provocative attempt to persuade researchers to engage with religious communities more directly\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebook should be essential reading for academics, researchers and postgraduate students, as well as psychologists interested in the cognitive science of religion, theological anthropology, religious studies and cultural anthropology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Cresswell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367363380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367363383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"James Cresswell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44598227894527,"sku":"9780367363383","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_71a778aa-e07c-44a2-9fea-8d95acb55f0b.jpg?v=1702381315","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/culture-and-the-cognitive-science-james-cresswell-9780367363383","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}