{"product_id":"religion-as-magical-ideology-konrad-talmont-kaminski-9781844656448","title":"Religion as Magical Ideology: How the Supernatural Reflects Rationality","description":"'Religion as Magical Ideology' examines the relationship between rationality and supernatural beliefs arguing that such beliefs are products of evolution, cognition and culture. The book does not offer a false rapprochement between reason and religion; instead, it explores their interrelationship as a series of complex adaptations between cognitive and cultural processes. Exploring the nature of the tension between religious traditions and reason, 'Religion as Magical Ideology' develops a dual inheritance theory of religion - which combines the cognitive byproduct and prosocial adaptation accounts - and analyses the connection between the function of a belief and the degree of protection it gets from potential counter-evidence. With discussion ranging from individual cognitive mechanisms, general functional considerations, to the limits of evolutionary and cognitive processes, the book offers readers a systematic account of how cognition shapes religious beliefs and practices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Konrad Talmont-Kaminski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1844656446\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781844656448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Konrad Talmont-Kaminski","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48113738481919,"sku":"9781844656448","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d042bd1-372c-4da7-b08d-5045255141af.jpg?v=1769616994","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/religion-as-magical-ideology-konrad-talmont-kaminski-9781844656448","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}