Essential Readings in the Cognitive Science of Religion (112 books)

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The cognitive science of religion is fairly new and it is an endlessly fascinating area of research. The mundane questions of religion such as "Does God exist?" (the philosophy of religion) became uninteresting to me years ago. However, that opened up the much more engaging topic, in my view, of "Why do people believe in religion (and the supernatural)?" These book go a long way in answering that and are much more rigorous than the previous (e.g. Freudian, Durkheimian, etc) attempts.

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1	Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought by Pascal Boyer 3.98 avg rating — 2,461 ratings score: 991, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Evolution of Gods: The Scientific Origin of Divinity And Religions by Ajay Kansal (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 297 ratings score: 496, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Supernatural Agents: Why We Believe in Souls, Gods, and Buddhas by Ilkka Pyysiäinen 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 475, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Belief Instinct: The Psychology of Souls, Destiny, and the Meaning of Life by Jesse Bering (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,338 ratings score: 474, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	In Gods We Trust: The Evolutionary Landscape of Religion (Evolution and Cognition) by Scott Atran 3.95 avg rating — 323 ratings score: 441, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Minds and Gods: The Cognitive Foundations of Religion by Todd Tremlin 4.08 avg rating — 74 ratings score: 386, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Why Would Anyone Believe in God? (Cognitive Science of Religion Series) by Justin L. Barrett 3.71 avg rating — 85 ratings score: 368, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Magic, Miracles, and Religion: A Scientist's Perspective by Ilkka Pyysiäinen 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 364, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	When They Severed Earth from Sky: How the Human Mind Shapes Myth by Elizabeth Wayland Barber 4.20 avg rating — 433 ratings score: 361, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Born to Believe: God, Science, and the Origin of Ordinary and Extraordinary Beliefs by Andrew B. Newberg 3.90 avg rating — 122 ratings score: 357, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	SuperSense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable by Bruce M. Hood 3.75 avg rating — 1,293 ratings score: 349, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	How Religion Works: Towards a New Cognitive Science of Religion by Ilkka Pyysiäinen 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 347, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Theological Incorrectness: Why Religious People Believe What They Shouldn't by D. Jason Slone 3.81 avg rating — 67 ratings score: 339, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Triple Path by James Kenneth Rogers (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 293, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict by Ara Norenzayan 4.01 avg rating — 401 ratings score: 291, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens 3.96 avg rating — 113,958 ratings score: 289, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Roots of Religion: Exploring the Cognitive Science of Religion (Ashgate Science and Religion Series) by Roger Trigg (Editor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 282, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt 4.19 avg rating — 67,998 ratings score: 281, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Modes of Religiosity: A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission: A Cognitive Theory of Religious Transmission by Harvey Whitehouse 4.09 avg rating — 34 ratings score: 275, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition by Stuart A. Vyse (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 132 ratings score: 263, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Faces in the Clouds: A New Theory of Religion by Stewart Elliott Guthrie 3.72 avg rating — 89 ratings score: 259, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Religion and Cognition: A Reader by D. Jason Slone 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 239, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Why Religion is Natural and Science is Not by Robert N. McCauley 3.62 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 237, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Christian Controversies: Seeking the Truth by Scott S. Haraburda (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	WHY GOD SLEEPS WHEN WE WAKE-UP by Ramzi Najjar (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Faith Instinct: How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures by Nicholas Wade 3.73 avg rating — 713 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Moral Origins: The Evolution of Virtue, Altruism, and Shame by Christopher Boehm 3.65 avg rating — 292 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	You Got To Be Kidding: The Cultural Arsonist's Literal Reading of the Bible by Joe Wenke 3.83 avg rating — 183 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	God Without Religion: Questioning Centuries Of Accepted Truths by Sankara Saranam 3.78 avg rating — 116 ratings score: 183, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Papal Bull: An Ex-Catholic Calls Out the Catholic Church by Joe Wenke 3.52 avg rating — 86 ratings score: 182, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them by Joshua D. Greene 4.02 avg rating — 3,331 ratings score: 182, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Evolution of Human Intellect: Discover the Information that Schools and Religions Aren't Yet Teaching by L.N. Smith 3.25 avg rating — 108 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Cognitive Science, Religion, and Theology: From Human Minds to Divine Minds (Templeton Science and Religion Series) by Justin L. Barrett 3.98 avg rating — 64 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Imagining the Impossible: Magical, Scientific, and Religious Thinking in Children by Karl S. Rosengren (Editor) 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life by Sheldon Solomon 4.10 avg rating — 1,971 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	How the Bible Works: An Anthropological Study of Evangelical Biblicism by Brian Malley 3.82 avg rating — 38 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved by Frans de Waal 3.81 avg rating — 1,356 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Theorizing Religions Past: Archaeology, History, and Cognition by Harvey Whitehouse (Editor) 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 175, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	In the Name of God: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Ethics and Violence (Blackwell Public Philosophy Series) by John Teehan 3.97 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Conceiving God: The Cognitive Origin and Evolution of Religion by James David Lewis-Williams 3.91 avg rating — 57 ratings score: 171, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon by Daniel C. Dennett 3.89 avg rating — 12,991 ratings score: 149, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Virtue by Gordon Loud (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Your Meaning by Marius Croeser (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James 3.99 avg rating — 13,267 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Origins and History of Consciousness by Erich Neumann 4.32 avg rating — 1,725 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Skeptics and True Believers: The Exhilarating Connection Between Science and Spirituality by Chet Raymo 3.63 avg rating — 258 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	God, the Evolver: A Secular Approach to the Divine by Faiz King (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 113 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Psyche and Eros: Baha'i Studies in a Spiritual Psychology by Rhett Diessner 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Cultural Evolution: People's Motivations are Changing, and Reshaping the World by Ronald Inglehart 3.88 avg rating — 112 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon by Daniel C. Dennett 3.89 avg rating — 12,991 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	THE EGO PILL: Why Self-Importance Nourishes Us—Only to Devour Us by Ramzi Najjar (Goodreads Author) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Genes of the Past by Christer Jansson (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 39 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Ethical Brain: The Science of Our Moral Dilemmas by Michael S. Gazzaniga 3.75 avg rating — 515 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Karen Armstrong 3.89 avg rating — 53,103 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype by Erich Neumann 4.29 avg rating — 556 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	A Sense of the Mysterious: Science and the Human Spirit by Alan Lightman (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 673 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Psychology of Spirituality: From Divided Self to Integrated Self by H.B. Danesh 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Religion's Sudden Decline: What's Causing it, and What Comes Next? by Ronald Inglehart 3.78 avg rating — 81 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Extreme Religious Behaviours: Where Religious Practice and Biological Evolution Clash by Johannes Bronkhorst it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief by Jordan B. Peterson 4.03 avg rating — 6,735 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Mind & Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False by Thomas Nagel 3.58 avg rating — 2,093 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	The Reality of Man: Excerpts From The Writings Of Baha'u'llah And Abdu'l-Baha by Terry Cassiday (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 43 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Doubt: A History by Jennifer Michael Hecht 4.07 avg rating — 3,329 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Some Answered Questions by Abdu'l-Bahá 4.72 avg rating — 418 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Philosophy of Religion: Thinking about Faith by C. Stephen Evans 3.73 avg rating — 289 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Fringe Science: Parallel Universes, White Tulips, and Mad Scientists by Kevin R. Grazier (Editor) 3.90 avg rating — 176 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Creation of the Sacred: Tracks of Biology in Early Religions by Burkert 3.72 avg rating — 138 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	The Cambridge Companion to Atheism by Michael Martin (editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 325 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Why Gods Persist: A Scientific Approach to Religion by Robert A. Hinde 3.58 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Descartes' Baby: How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human by Paul Bloom (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 313 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Caveman Logic by Hank Davis 3.89 avg rating — 116 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Social Cognition: Making Sense of People by Ziva Kunda really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 78 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	A Cognitive Theory of Magic (Cognitive Science of Religion Series) by Jesper Sorensen 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Deadly Powers: Animal Predators and the Mythic Imagination by Paul A. Trout 3.84 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Imagining the Cognitive Science of Religion: Magic Bullets, Complex Theories, Experimental Adventures by E. Thomas Lawson it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	Our Political Nature: The Evolutionary Origins of What Divides Us by Avi Tuschman (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 284 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	The Evolution of Religion and Morality: Volume I by Benjamin Grant Purzycki (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	The Evolution of Religion and Morality: Volume II by Martin Lang (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Past Minds: Studies in Cognitive Historiography by Luther H. Martin (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Understanding Moral Sentiments: Darwinian Perspectives? by Hilary Putnam 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Religion Explained?: The Cognitive Science of Religion after Twenty-five Years by Luther H. Martin (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	Kabbalah: A Neurocognitive Approach to Mystical Experiences by Shahar Arzy 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	The Divine Archetype: The Sociobiology and Psychology of Religion by Brant Wenegrat liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Religion by James R. Liddle 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	RITUAL ANIMAL:IMITATION & COHESION IN EVOLUTION SOCIAL COMPLEXITY by Whitehouse 4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	Making of the Mind: The Neuroscience of Human Nature by Ronald T. Kellogg 3.76 avg rating — 33 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living by Dimitris Xygalatas 3.81 avg rating — 706 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Religion Evolving: Cultural, Cognitive, and Ecological Dynamics by Benjamin Grant Purzycki 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	The Cognitive Neuroscience of Religious Experience by Patrick McNamara 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Cognitive Approaches to Ancient Religious Experience by Esther Eidinow (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	How Religion Evolved: And Why It Endures by Robin I.M. Dunbar 3.97 avg rating — 691 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	Bringing Ritual to Mind: Psychological Foundations of Cultural Forms (Volume 0) by Robert N. McCauley 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Contemplative Science: Where Buddhism and Neuroscience Converge (Columbia Series in Science and Religion) by B. Alan Wallace (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 126 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Why We Believe in God(s): A Concise Guide to the Science of Faith by J. Anderson Thomson 3.94 avg rating — 1,365 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	BIG DREAMS by Bulkeley 4.10 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	Changing Minds: Religion and Cognition Through the Ages by T Biro 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	The Mind Possessed: The Cognition of Spirit Possession in an Afro-Brazilian Religious Tradition by Emma Cohen 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	The Prehistory of the Mind: The Cognitive Origins of Art, Religion and Science by Steven Mithen 4.01 avg rating — 534 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	Mind and Religion: Psychological and Cognitive Foundations of Religion: Psychological and Cognitive Foundations of Religion by Harvey Whitehouse 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	Religion and Cognition: A Reader by D. Jason Slone really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars