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An Unnatural History of Religions: Academia, Post-truth and the Quest for Scientific Knowledge (Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation) by Leonardo Ambasciano, D. Jason Slone, Donald Wiebe, Luther H. Martin, Radek Kundt, McCorkle, William W., Jr is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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An Unnatural History of Religions examines the origins, development, and critical issues concerning the history of religion and its relationship with science. The book explores the ideological biases, logical fallacies, and unwarranted beliefs that surround the scientific foundations (or lack thereof) in the academic discipline of the history of religions, positioning them in today’s ‘post-truth’ culture. Leonardo Ambasciano provides the necessary critical background to evaluate the most important theories and working concepts dedicated to the explanation of the historical developments of religion and covers the most important topics and paradigm shifts in the field, such as phenomenology, postmodernism, and cognitive science. These are taken into consideration chronologically, each time with case studies on topics such as shamanism, gender biases, ethnocentrism, and biological evolution. Ambasciano argues that the roots of post truth may be deep in human biases, but that historical justifications change each time, resulting in different combinations. The surprising rise of once-fringe beliefs, such as conspiracy theories, pseudoscientific claims, and so-called scientific creationi
Who reads An Unnatural History of Religions: Academia, Post-truth and the Quest for Scientific Knowledge (Scientific Studies of Religion: Inquiry and Explanation)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Leonardo Ambasciano, D. Jason Slone, Donald Wiebe, Luther H. Martin, Radek Kundt, McCorkle, William W., Jr
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic Bloomsbury Publishing
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781350062412
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, History, Religion
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