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Religion on the Mind

Cognitive Science & Religious Belief (For Beginners) (#41)

Religion on the Mind

Religion on the Mind

Religion, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.7542 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2019

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Philosopher Myron Penner (Trinity Western University) helps Dan think through some interesting but complicated and challenging findings from cognitive science (the study of the mind, not the study of the brain -- that's called neuroscience) and what they mean for our understanding of religions beliefs, behaviors and experiences. By explaining religious belief from a cognitive perspective, how does cognitive science of religion not *explain away* religion altogether? Does cognitive science of religion present evidence for God, for atheism, or neither?- “When God Talks Back” - https://smile.amazon.com/When-God-Talks-Back-Understanding/dp/0307277275/ref=sxts_sxwds-bia?keywords=when+god+talks+back&pd_rd_i=0307277275&pd_rd_r=eda4ec56-9673-42b7-bdb8-d6faeaa93daa&pd_rd_w=jfc0X&pd_rd_wg=PM7eF&pf_rd_p=a5491838-6a74-484e-8787-eb44c8f3b7ff&pf_rd_r=GA0N6HXQHCG8MZNJ3RE6&psc=1&qid=1571604451- Citizens - “Fear” (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/album/0abL7FZysjxpaxEPURpBsl - theopsych.com - Fuller Seminary initiativeEdited by Laura Kondourajian Join the Patreon for exclusive episodes (and more) every month: patreon.com/dankochYHP Patron-only FB group: https://tinyurl.com/ycvbbf98Website: youhavepermissionpod.comJoin Dan's email list: dankochwords.comArtwork by http://sprungle.co/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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My name is Dan Koch. Like many of you, I've been on a complicated faith journey for a number of years now.

1:13.3

And while I tend to find myself on the progressive side of Christianity, my goal is not to make liberal converts.

1:20.5

I want this show to be a resource for Christians to my right and to my left, as well as former Christians and non-religious folks, anyone who finds

1:29.2

themselves asking difficult questions about God, science, prayer, fate, suffering, evangelism,

1:38.8

and more. So many of us have been given bad answers to those good questions, often by people with pure intentions.

1:46.4

I want to say that you have permission to take both Christianity and the modern world very seriously.

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And I hope to facilitate that by introducing you to people seeking God across the Christian spectrum,

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