Homo Religiosus

Exploring the Roots of Religion and Religious Freedom in Human Experience

Bibliographic Data

ID19949684
EditorsTimothy Samuel Shah, Jack Friedman
Year2018
Publication date2018-01-11
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueHomo Religiosus? (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/9781108381536
OpenAlexW2780238601
Open LibraryOL34561248M
ISBN9781108381536
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Are humans naturally predisposed to religion and supernatural beliefs? If so, does this naturalness provide a moral foundation for religious freedom? This volume offers a cross-disciplinary approach to these questions, engaging in a range of contemporary debates at the intersection of religion, cognitive science, sociology, anthropology, political science, epistemology, and moral philosophy. The contributors to this original and important volume present individual, sometimes opposing points of view on the naturalness of religion thesis and its implications for religious freedom. Topics include the epistemological foundations of religion, the relationship between religion and health, and a discussion of the philosophical foundations of religious freedom as a natural, universal right, drawing implications for the normative role of religion in public life. By challenging dominant intellectual paradigms, such as the secularization thesis and the Enlightenment view of religion, the volume opens the door to a powerful and provocative reconceptualization of religious freedom

Library science · Computer Science · Religion and Society Interactions · Freedom of religion · Philosophy · Philosophy and religion · Religion

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