Constructing Spirituality in the Cognitive Science of Religion

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" Constructing Spirituality in the Cognitive Science of Religion "
Brad Stoddard

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1077981
Doc. No	:	LA121610
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15700682-12341485‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Brad Stoddard
Title & Author	:	Constructing Spirituality in the Cognitive Science of Religion [Article]\ Brad Stoddard
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Method Theory in the Study of Religion
Date	:	2020
Volume/ Issue Number	:	32/3
Page No	:	288–298
Abstract	:	Seven researchers in the growing field of the cognitive science of religion recently claimed to have documented the unique neural correlates of spirituality separate from and independent of religion. They claimed that spirituality is therefore a natural part of human cognition and suggested that they proved definitively that spirituality is substantively different than religion. Using insights developed by scholars associated with the critical religion approach to the academic study of religion, this article identifies a series of methodological errors that undermine the researchers’ project and that potentially impacts the larger academic study of the cognitive science of religion. Seven researchers in the growing field of the cognitive science of religion recently claimed to have documented the unique neural correlates of spirituality separate from and independent of religion. They claimed that spirituality is therefore a natural part of human cognition and suggested that they proved definitively that spirituality is substantively different than religion. Using insights developed by scholars associated with the critical religion approach to the academic study of religion, this article identifies a series of methodological errors that undermine the researchers’ project and that potentially impacts the larger academic study of the cognitive science of religion.
Descriptor	:	cognitive science of religion
Descriptor	:	critical religion
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	spirituality
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15700682-12341485‬