David Masci writes about a recent Pew poll, in which scientists registered their views of god.
Scientists who believe in god
science
Always put one in the brain
Let me assure you. Ongoing neurological studies will not dramatically change religious belief or practice. As Robert Bellah notes in…
The aesthetics of neural Buddhism
The first three postings in this series remind us how complex the individual topics of cognitive science, Buddhism, and religious…
Naturalism, otherwise
The past fifteen years or so have been a period of extraordinary activity in pursuit of what are called "cognitive"…
Cognitive machinery and explanatory ambitions
One of the most influential works among recent “cognitive” and/or “evolutionary” studies of religion is a book by French anthropologist…
Beyond The God Delusion
The university classroom has become a battleground in the science and religion wars. In a controversial 2005 state of the…
Deus absconditus and disenchantment
Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age is an inspired yet rigorously argued Wagnerian effort to analyze the distinctive anxieties of modern…