Contents: Introduction; Part I Adaptation: The cognitive and
evolutionary psychology of religion, Joseph Bulbulia; A
scientific definition of religion, James W. Dow; Are there any
religions? An evolutionary exploration, Joseph Bulbulia; Why
religion is nothing special but is central, Maurice Bloch. Part
II Naturalization of Religion: The evolution of religion: 3
anthropological approaches, James W. Dow; Religion generalized
and naturalized, Loyal Rue; Testing major evolutionary
hypotheses about religion with a random sample, David Sloan
Wilson; Exploring resources of naturalism: religiopoiesis,
Ursula Goodenough; Myths as instructions from ancestors: the
example of Oedipus, Lyle B Steadman and Craig T. Palmer. Part
III Cognitive Science and Religion: A cognitive typology of
religious actions, Justin L. Barrett and Brian Malley;
Explaining religious ideas: elements of a cognitive approach,
Pascal Boyer; Are children 'intuitive theists'? Reasoning about
purpose and design in nature, Deborah Kelemen; Whence coll