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Book Review: Mental Culture: Classical Social Theory and the Cognitive Science of Religion , edited by Dimitris Xygalatas and William W. McCorkle, Jr.

Book Review: Mental Culture: Classical Social Theory and the Cognitive Science of Religion ,... Dimitris Xygalatas and William W. McCorkle, Jr. (eds.), Mental Culture: Classical Social Theory and the Cognitive Science of Religion . Religion, Cognition and Culture. London; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013. 268 pp. us $34.95 (Paperback). 9781844657421. This book is an edited volume of chapters written by authors who are in one way or another involved in the study of religion. The editors’ aim was to pay a tribute to classical theories in the study of religion by demonstrating their contribution as predecessors of contemporary theories in the Cognitive Science of Religion ( csr ). Accordingly, each contributor (excluding Robert McCauley, whose chapter will be discussed further) presents an aspect of the theoretical progression from the classical study of religion to csr paradigms. Contributing authors in this volume come from a range of disciplines including philosophy, anthropology, psychology, and sociology. This variety is the strongest contribution of this book. Stewart Guthrie follows Spinoza, Hume and Horton in claiming that “religion” is in fact a cognitive endeavor (much like science) used to “interpret and influence the world”. Jason Slone highlights Marx’s theory of religion as an opiate of the proletariat and offers data about the spread of religiosity in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Religion and Theology Brill

Book Review: Mental Culture: Classical Social Theory and the Cognitive Science of Religion , edited by Dimitris Xygalatas and William W. McCorkle, Jr.

Religion and Theology , Volume 22 (1-2): 179 – Jan 1, 2015

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Copyright 2015 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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1023-0807
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1574-3012
DOI
10.1163/15743012-02201002
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Dimitris Xygalatas and William W. McCorkle, Jr. (eds.), Mental Culture: Classical Social Theory and the Cognitive Science of Religion . Religion, Cognition and Culture. London; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013. 268 pp. us $34.95 (Paperback). 9781844657421. This book is an edited volume of chapters written by authors who are in one way or another involved in the study of religion. The editors’ aim was to pay a tribute to classical theories in the study of religion by demonstrating their contribution as predecessors of contemporary theories in the Cognitive Science of Religion ( csr ). Accordingly, each contributor (excluding Robert McCauley, whose chapter will be discussed further) presents an aspect of the theoretical progression from the classical study of religion to csr paradigms. Contributing authors in this volume come from a range of disciplines including philosophy, anthropology, psychology, and sociology. This variety is the strongest contribution of this book. Stewart Guthrie follows Spinoza, Hume and Horton in claiming that “religion” is in fact a cognitive endeavor (much like science) used to “interpret and influence the world”. Jason Slone highlights Marx’s theory of religion as an opiate of the proletariat and offers data about the spread of religiosity in

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Published: Jan 1, 2015

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