Religion, Brain & Behavior, Volume 8, Issue 4 (2018)

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Editorial

Editorial
The fish that got away? Human behavioral ecology and the study of religion
Richard Sosis, Joseph Bulbulia, Wesley J. Wildman & Uffe Schjoedt
Pages: 351-353
Published online: 26 Sep 2018
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Do minds switch bodies? Dualist interpretations across ages and societies
Maciej Chudek, Rita Anne McNamara, Susan Birch, Paul Bloom & Joseph Henrich
Pages: 354-368
Published online: 02 Oct 2017
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Religion and oppression: cross-national and experimental investigations
Ian G. Hansen, Valerie W.-Y. Jackson & Andrew Ryder
Pages: 369-393
Published online: 18 Aug 2017
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Using findings from the cognitive science of religion to understand current conflicts between religious and scientific ideologies
Jonathon McPhetres & Thuy-vy T. Nguyen
Pages: 394-405
Published online: 05 Jul 2017
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Religion re-explained
Kim Sterelny
Pages: 406-425
Published online: 11 Jul 2017
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Some common misunderstandings about cognitive approaches to the study of religion: a reply to Sterelny
Justin L. Barrett
Pages: 425-428
Published online: 11 Jul 2017
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The role of experience in religion: accommodation vs. assimilation
Ryan McKay
Pages: 428-431
Published online: 11 Jul 2017
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Re-contextualizing the re-explanation: understanding religion requires accounting for both ecological and social dynamics
Rita Anne McNamara
Pages: 432-434
Published online: 11 Jul 2017
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Praxis and doxa: what a focus on ritual can offer evolutionary explanations of religion
Eleanor A. Power
Pages: 434-436
Published online: 11 Jul 2017
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Where one stops the car: on the importance of what one takes “religion” to be
Jeffrey P. Schloss
Pages: 437-442
Published online: 11 Jul 2017
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Skepticism and manipulation: a comment on Kim Sterelny
Paul Seabright
Pages: 443-444
Published online: 11 Jul 2017
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The evolution of religious diversity
John H. Shaver & Benjamin Grant Purzycki
Pages: 444-447
Published online: 11 Jul 2017
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Cutting culture at the joints?
Dan Sperber
Pages: 447-449
Published online: 11 Jul 2017
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Defining religion
Aiyana K. Willard
Pages: 449-451
Published online: 11 Jul 2017
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Religion well explained? A response to commentaries on “Religion Re-explained”
Kim Sterelny
Pages: 452-460
Published online: 11 Jul 2017
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