Sökning: "religious naturalness"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden religious naturalness.

  1. 1. Religion – evolutionens missfoster eller kärleksbarn? : Kognitionsvetenskaplig religionsforskning och dess relevans för religiösa trosföreställningars rationalitet

    Författare :Lotta Knutsson Bråkenhielm; Mikael Stenmark; Ulf Zackariasson; Olof Franck; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cognitive Science of Religion; epistemic rationality; religious beliefs; cognitive mechanisms; intuitive and reflective reasoning; minimally counterintuitive concepts; hypersensitive agency detection device; theory of mind; religious naturalness; evolutionary byproduct; false positives; sensus divinitatis; causes and reasons; finite and infinite supernatural agency; Philosophy of Religion; Religionsfilosofi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is on Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR) and its relevance for the rationality of religious beliefs. An epistemical model for rationality is developed according to which: a person (or group of persons) is rational to hold a certain belief a) if this belief can be assumed to have been generated by one or more reliable cognitive mechanisms, b) applies whether or not she is aware of what these mechanisms are, but c) only as long as it does not exist or arise some reasons (defeaters) to question the belief; if they occur, she must d) reflect on it and find other reasons or grounds to hold the belief in question. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Not the Whole Story : The Impact of the Church, Traditional Religion and Society on the Individual and Collective Perceptions of HIV in Swaziland

    Författare :Gunilla Hallonsten; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HIV; AIDS; gender; churches; traditional religion; focus groups; Swaziland; southern Africa; symbolic power; symbolic violence; male dominance; HIV-related stigmatization; silence; denial; mis-recognition.;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis is an attempt to contribute to a critical discussion around the discourses that characterize HIV in southern Africa in general, and in Swaziland in particular. The aim of the study is to explore and visualize the experiences of HIV-positive Swazi Christians in church and society, as well as an attempt to explain these experiences with the contributions of key informants and the Swazi tradition. LÄS MER