Practicing safe sects : religious reproduction in scientific and philosophical perspective
F. LeRon Shults
Bok · Engelsk · 2018
| Utgitt | Leiden : Brill , 2018
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| Omfang | IX, 306 s. : diagr.
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| Opplysninger | Having “The Talk” about Religious Reproduction Pages: 1–67 -- Bearing Gods in Mind and Culture Pages: 68–85 -- Excavating TheogoniesPages: 86–107 -- How to Survive the Anthropocene Pages: 108–127 -- Can Theism be Defeated? Pages: 128–140 -- The Atheist Machine Pages: 141–161 -- Theology after PandoraPages: 162–179 -- Wising Up: The Evolution of Natural Theology Pages: 180–186 -- What’s the Use?Pages: 187–195 -- Dis-integrating Psychology and Theology Pages: 196–203 -- Religion and the Prizing of Peace Pages: 204–209 --Practicing Safe Sects Pages: 210–252. - Where do gods come from? and what is the cost of bearing them? In 'Practicing Safe Sects' F. LeRon Shults argues for the importance of having?the talk? about the causes and consequences of participating in religious sects. To survive and thrive as a social species, we humans are likely to continue needing some kind of sects (as well as sex) for quite some time. But can we learn how to practice safe sects? Can we live together in healthy and productive social networks without reproducing the superstitious beliefs and segregative behaviors that are engendered and nurtured by shared ritual engagement with imagined supernatural agents? In this book, Shults provides scientific and philosophical resources for answering these questions.
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| ISBN | 978-90-04-36094-5
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