Cognitive Science of Religion – A multidisciplinary approach that uses all perspectives, except for Cognitive Phenomenology (& Loose Cog Sci/ Multi-State Science)

Cybermonk

Exoteric studies of exoteric religion, who only perceive exoteric religion. Warning: when they say ‘religion’, they aren’t thinking what we think when we hear ‘religion’.

It’s like me saying the word “mushrooms”, meaning the Egodeath theory, but people instead hear me as saying “secret Amanita alchemy”.
THE MUSHROOM (picture Amanita emoji 🍄 😯)

Postings

https://egodeathyahoogroup.wordpress.com/2021/01/09/egodeath-yahoo-group-digest-164/#message8762 – 2016 – “I despise what passes for “theology”, as in, wretched books covering “Cognitive Science & Theology”, or “Cognitive Science of Religion”, where the author has never heard the word ‘mysticism’ and instead of religion (altered-state religious experiencing), covers theology.

“Such books are outsiders’, covering low CogSci vs. low Religion — not doing what they should, covering high CogSci vs. high Religion.”

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_science_of_religion – “an approach based on ordinary cognition” <– there’s your problem

Searches

https://www.bing.com/search?q=cognitive+science+of+religion

https://www.google.com/search?q=cognitive+science+of+religion

Books

Do not read these books – better to project wishful thinking 😑 on them instead

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meditate with me: imagine & envision that this book/ attempted explanatory paradigm doesn’t suck

Amazon tells me I read this – musta blocked it out:

Cognitive Science, Religion, and Theology: From Human Minds to Divine Minds Templeton Science and Religion Series, 2011 https://www.amazon.com/Cognitive-Science-Religion-Theology-Templeton/dp/159947381X

The Cognitive Science of Religion (Van Slyke 2011)

The Cognitive Science of Religion
James Van Slyke
2011/2016

https://www.routledge.com/The-Cognitive-Science-of-Religion/Slyke/p/book/9781138278868

Book series: Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation (23 books) – 2014-2021

TODO: copy blurbs

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093Q53DQZ?binding=hardcover&qid=1660752588

The Cognitive Science of Religion: A Methodological Introduction to Key Empirical Studies

The Cognitive Science of Religion: A Methodological Introduction to Key Empirical Studies
(Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation)
Jan 24, 2019

“The Cognitive Science of Religion introduces students to key empirical studies conducted over the past 25 years in this new and rapidly expanding field.

“In these studies, cognitive scientists of religion have applied the theories, findings and research tools of the cognitive sciences to understanding religious thought, behavior and social dynamics.

“Each chapter is written by a leading international scholar, and summarizes in non-technical language the original empirical study conducted by the scholar.

“No prior or statistical knowledge is presumed, and studies included range from the classic to the more recent and innovative cases.”

“Students will learn about the theories that cognitive scientists have employed to explain recurrent features of religiosity across cultures and historical eras, how scholars have tested those theories, and what the results of those tests have revealed and suggest.

“Written to be accessible to undergraduates, this provides a much-needed survey of empirical studies in the cognitive science of religion.”

Philosophical Foundations of the Cognitive Science of Religion: A Head Start

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1350030317 –

Philosophical Foundations of the Cognitive Science of Religion: A Head Start
2017

Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation
Hardcover – September 7, 2017

“Robert N. McCauley and E. Thomas Lawson are considered the founders of the field of the cognitive science of religion.

Since its inception over twenty years ago, the cognitive science of religion has raised questions about the philosophical foundations and implications of such a scientific approach.

This volume from McCauley, including chapters co-authored by Lawson, is the first book-length project to focus on such questions, resulting in a compelling volume that addresses fundamental questions that any scholar of religion should ask [eg “On Psilocybin, do you control your source of thoughts?“].

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“The essays collected in this volume are those that initially defined this scientific field for the study of religion.

These essays deal with issues of methodology, reductionism, resistance to the scientific study of religion [compare “Psychedelic Science must omit mystic experiences”], and other criticisms that have been lodged against the cognitive science of religion.

The new final chapter sees McCauley reflect on developments in this field since its founding.

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“Tackling these debates head on and in one place for the first time, this volume belongs on the shelf of every researcher interested in this now established approach to the study of religion within a range of disciplines, including religious studies, philosophy, anthropology and the psychology of religion.”

The Mind of Mithraists

https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Mithraists-Historical-Scientific-Explanation/dp/1472584198 –

https://www.amazon.com/Roman-Mithras-Cult-Scientific-Explanation/dp/1472567412 –

The Study of Greek and Roman Religions: Insularity and Assimilation (Aug 11, 2022)

The Study of Greek and Roman Religions: Insularity and Assimilation (Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation) (Aug 11, 2022)

by Nickolas P. Roubekas (Author) and 4 more 

“How should ancient religious ideas be approached? Is “religion” an applicable term to antiquity?

“Classicists, ancient historians, and religious studies scholars should work together.

“There is a disciplinary gap between the study of Greek and Roman religions and the study of “religion” as a category — a gap that has resulted in contradictory conclusions regarding Greek and Roman religion.

[Newage & Hermetic bookstores lack books on mystery religions – like Ptolemaic Astral Ascent Mysticism as Luther H. Martin points out, a major blind spot – cm]

“This book addresses this lack of interdisciplinarity by providing an overview, criticism, and assessment of this chasm.

“It provides a theoretical approach to this historical period, raising the issue of the relationship between “theory of religion” and “history of religion,” and explores how history influences theory and vice versa.

“It also presents an in-depth critique of some crucial problems[?specify] that have been central[?] to the discussions of scholars who work on Graeco-Roman antiquity, encouraging us to re-examine how we approach 🍄⚡️🌳🐍💎🐉 the study of ancient religions.”