TY  - BOOK
AU  - Talmont-Kaminski,Konrad
TI  - Religion as Magical Ideology: How the Supernatural Reflects Rationality
SN  - 9781317544746
AV  - BF175.4.R44 
U1  - 299.932019299/.932/019 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Hoboken
PB  - Taylor and Francis
KW  - Philosophy and religion
KW  - Psychoanalysis and religion
KW  - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Comparative Religion
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Superstitious reeds; 3. The superempirical; 4. Magic as cognitive by-product; 5. Religion as magical ideology; 6. Religion as ancestral trait; Bibliography; Index
N2  - '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 acco
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