The Attraction of Religion: A New Evolutionary Psychology of Religion. Edited by D. Jason Slone and James A. Van Slyke. Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation. New York: Bloomsbury, 2015. Pp. xvi + 252. Cloth, $112.00; EBook (pdf), $83.99

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-94
Author(s):  
Thomas B. Ellis
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Evolutionary Psychology ◽  
Psychology Of Religion

An Evolutionary Psychology of Religion

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Patton Barone
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Psychology ◽  
Psychology Of Religion

Shamanism within a general theory of religious action (no cheesecake needed)

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi
Keyword(s):  
General Theory ◽  
Evolutionary Psychology ◽  
Psychology Of Religion ◽  
General Term ◽  
Evolutionary Constraints ◽  
Religious Rituals ◽  
The Creation

AbstractSingh places the understanding of shamanism within the cognitive/evolutionary psychology of religion but is then sidetracked by presenting unhelpful analogies. The concepts of “superstition” as a general term for religious rituals and of “superstitious learning” as a mechanism accounting for the creation of rituals in humans reflect an underestimation of the human imagination, which is guided by cognitive/evolutionary constraints. Mentalizing, hypervigilance in agent detection, and anthropomorphism explain the behaviors involved in religious illusions (or delusions).

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