Special Issue Introduction: Religious Diversity and the Cognitive Science of Religion

New Experimental and Fieldwork Approaches

Authors

  • John H. Shaver University of Otago
  • Christopher M. Kavanaugh University of Oxford

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jsrnc.40580

Keywords:

cognitive science, religion, diversity

Abstract

Special Issue Introduction

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Published

2020-08-05

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Shaver, J. H. ., & Kavanaugh, C. M. (2020). Special Issue Introduction: Religious Diversity and the Cognitive Science of Religion: New Experimental and Fieldwork Approaches. Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, 14(1), 5-11. https://doi.org/10.1558/jsrnc.40580