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  2. Theology and the Cognitive Science of Religion

    Cognitive science of religion (CSR) is the study of how mental processes interact with and influence the formation and transmission of religious concepts. In this article, we examine how CSR may contribute to theological research and ministry practice. We begin with both an overview of CSR ...
    Author
    Tyler Greenway and Justin L. Barrett
    Faith tradition
    Christianity
    Topics
    Philosophy and science

  3. The Nyāya School of Indian Philosophy

    The Nyāya school of philosophy deals with questions of logic, causation, epistemology, and soteriology. These topics are grounded in, and have implications for, concepts of cognition, perception, and the self. Nyāya philosophy is concerned with attaining liberation through knowledge: for th...
    Author
    Nirmalya Guha
    Faith tradition
    Hinduism
    Topics
    Philosophy and science, Theological methods

  4. Theology and Science

    This article begins with an introduction briefly sketching the concepts of Western Christian theology and science in a systematic perspective informed by the historical shaping of the terms. It then offers an inquiry into the biblical traditions and their relations to the development of sci...
    Author
    Dirk Evers
    Faith tradition
    Christianity
    Topics
    Philosophy and science

  5. Buddhism and Western Psychology

    Psychology emerged as an independent field of naturalistic inquiry during an era of dawning Western scholarly and popular interest in Buddhism. Over the past century-and-a-half psychologists, psychiatrists, and psychoanalysts have analysed, pathologized, misinterpreted, appreciated, assim...
    Author
    Seth Zuihō Segall
    Faith tradition
    Buddhism
    Topics
    Philosophy and science

  6. Theology and Evolution

    Ever since their emergence in nineteenth-century natural philosophy, theories of biological evolution have prompted religious believers to revisit traditional theological views of the world, humanity, and even God. This entry will first clarify the various strands of meaning to be discerned...
    Author
    Gijsbert van den Brink
    Faith tradition
    Christianity
    Topics
    Philosophy and science, Being and existence

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