TY - JOUR
T1 - Cognition and religion
AU - Wuthnow, Robert
N1 - Funding Information:
*Direct correspondence to: Robert Wuthnow, Department of Sociology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 (wuthnow@princeton.edu). Support was provided by the John Templeton Foundation.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Recent developments inspired by cognitive science have significant implications for the sociobgicol study of religion. Studies in cognitive anthropohgy and related fields such as neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and linguistics clarify the processes by which information is structured, given meaning, and remembered. This work provides new concepts and techniques for investigating topics that have long been central to the study of religion, including cultural schemas, metaphors, and narratives. These topics hold special promise for applications to the study of religious identity, practice, and experience.
AB - Recent developments inspired by cognitive science have significant implications for the sociobgicol study of religion. Studies in cognitive anthropohgy and related fields such as neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and linguistics clarify the processes by which information is structured, given meaning, and remembered. This work provides new concepts and techniques for investigating topics that have long been central to the study of religion, including cultural schemas, metaphors, and narratives. These topics hold special promise for applications to the study of religious identity, practice, and experience.
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U2 - 10.1093/socrel/68.4.341
DO - 10.1093/socrel/68.4.341
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:36749032763
VL - 68
SP - 341
EP - 360
JO - Sociology of Religion
JF - Sociology of Religion
SN - 1069-4404
IS - 4
ER -