Table of Contents
Introduction, Jeffrey Schloss1. Hand of God, Mind of Man: Punishment and Cognition in the Evolution of Cooperation, Jesse Bering and Dominic Johnson2. Religiosity as mental time travel: cognitive adaptations for religious behavior, Joseph Bulbulia3. Cognitive Science, Religion & Theology, Justin Barrett4. Is Religion Adaptive? Yes, no, neutral, but mostly we don't know, Peter J. Richerson and Lesley Newson5. Religious Belief as an Evolutionary Accident, Paul Bloom6. Explaining Belief in the Supernatural: Some thoughts on Paul Bloom's 'Religious Belief as Evolutionary Accident', Peter van Inwagen7. Games Scientists Play, Alvin Plantinga8. Scientific Explanations of Religion and the Justification of Religious Belief, Michael J. Murray9. Evolutionary Accounts of Religion: Explaining and Explaining Away, Michael J. Murray and Andrew Goldberg10. Explaining Religious Experience, Charles Taliaferro11. Humanness in their hearts: Where science and religion fuse, Del Ratzsch12. Theology and Evolution: How Much Can Biology Explain, John Haught13. Cognitive Science and the Evolutionof Religion: A Philosophical and Theological Appraisal, Nancey Murphy14. Does Naturalism Warrant a Moral Belief in Universal Benevolence and Human Rights?, Christian Smith15. Moral Psychology and the Misunderstanding of Religion, Jonathan Haidt16. Evolutionary Social Constructivism: Narrowing (but not yet bridging) the Gap, David Sloan Wilson