God Naturalized

Halvor Kvandal holds a PhD in philosophy from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). He currently works at Queen Maud University College of Early Childhood Education, Norway. Kvandal’s research interests focus on the intersection between naturalistic theories of religion and the philosophy of religion, especially epistemology.

• Chapter 1. When Cognitive Science enters the Science and Religion Debate.- Chapter 2. The Ultimate Origin of Religion.- Chapter 3. The Proximate Origin of Religion.- Chapter 4. Theistic Evidentialism and the Cognitive Science of Morality.- Chapter 5. Do We Have A God-Faculty? A New Appraisal of Reformed Epistemology.- Chapter 6. A Virtue Epistemology for the Theistic Disposition.- Chapter 7. Troubled Navigation: Evaluating the Theistic Disposition.- Chapter 8. Cognitive Science And Theist Religion: An Unhappy Marriage?.

“Kvandal raises some interesting new arguments drawn from recent explanations of religious belief. His naturalistic perspective is refreshing given the dominance of theistic (Christian) interpretations of the epistemic implications of the theories. … His book thereby shows that new explanations can and do present real challenges to the epistemic status of religious belief that cannot be discarded by hand-waiving replies.” (Hans Van Eyghen, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, Vol. 94 (2), 2023)“Who should read this book? Someone who believes that at an intellectual level, the relationship between theistic beliefs and the cognitive science of religion it is important. Almost all of the real people in the world who hold theistic beliefs never heard of the cognitive science of religion.” (Jay R. Feierman, Reviews in Science, Religion and Theology, Vol. 1 (1), March, 2022)