{"product_id":"magic-miracles-and-religion-a-scientists-perspective-9780759106635","title":"Magic, Miracles, and Religion: A Scientist's Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ilkka Pyysiäinen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Altamira Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Altamira Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Psychology of Religion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan scientists study religion? Ilkka Pyysi�inen says that they can. While the study of religion cannot be reduced to other disciplines, it must not ignore what other disciplines have learned about human thought and behavior. In this collection of essays, Pyysi�inen shows how findings from cognitive science can offer new directions to debates in religion. After providing a historical and theoretical overview of the cognitive science of religion, Pyysi�inen demonstrates how knowledge of the mind's workings can help deconstruct such concepts as \"god,\" \"ideology,\" \"culture,\" \"magic,\" \"miracles,\" and \"religion.\" For scholars of religion or for scholars of the mind-brain, \u003ci\u003eMagic, Miracles, and Religion\u003c\/i\u003e provides a helpful overview to this emerging field.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Altamira Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47781033967767,"sku":"9780759106635","price":6377.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780759106635.webp?v=1778050045","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/magic-miracles-and-religion-a-scientists-perspective-9780759106635","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}