Thinking about Religion

Yujin Nagasawa is Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Co-Director of the John Hick Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is the author of God and Phenomenal Consciousness: A Novel Approach to Knowledge Arguments (2008). He received the Templeton Award for Theological Promise in 2008.

• List of Figures and Tables 1. In the Beginning: Reconsidering the Cognitive Science of Religion 2. Religion in Mind: Religious Thoughts as Mental Representations 3. Sticky Thinking: Making Sense of Religious Thoughts 4. Practicing and Preaching: The Psychology of Religious Thinking 5. God in the Brain: The Neurology of Religious Cognition 6. Making Meaning: Explaining Religion in Practice 7. Evolution and Revolution: The Biology of Belief 8. The Belief Imperative: Towards an Integrated Framework for Religious Cognition 9. Faith and Facts: Religious Cognition and What We Think We Know 10. Becoming Believers: A Extended Model of Religious Cognition References