Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion

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Founded in 2012, the Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion publishes in a burgeoning field that finds itself in the centre of cross-disciplinary research.

Current Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1-2

Published: 2025-04-29

Editorial

Reflections on the Cognitive Science of Religion

Armin W. Geertz

1-5
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Book Panel I: Religion Evolving: Cultural, Cognitive, and Ecological Dynamics (2022)

How to Bridge Cognitive and Cultural Models of Religious Evolution

Joshua Conrad Jackson

6-17
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The Devil’s in the Details

Brian Malley

18-29
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Religion Devolving? When Shared Ritual Engagement with Supernatural Agents Becomes Maladaptive

F. LeRon Shults

30-39
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Cultural, Cognitive, and Ecological Dynamics of Individual Religiosity

Eva Kundtová Klocová

40-48
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Religion Is of Reduced Importance When Not Needed to Solve the Problems of Social Living

Catherine L. Caldwell-Harris, Daniel L. Everett

49-61
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“We Got Tired” Function, Dysfunction, and the Invisible Host of Religious Failures

Hugh Turpin

62-70
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How are Religious Systems Ultimately Adaptive?

D. Jason Slone

71-79
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Sacrifice, Secrecy, and Sexual Conflict in Small-Scale Religions

William Buckner

80-89
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Costly Signaling as an Integral Part of the Systemic Approach to Religion Critical Assessment from within the Field

Radim Chvaja

90-99
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Religious Systems Evolving II Response to Commentators

Benjamin Grant Purzycki, Richard Sosis

100-124
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Book Panel II: Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living (2022)

An Overview of Dimitris Xygalatas’ 'Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living' (2022)

Jordan Kiper, Nick Mauro

125-133
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Invisible Rituals From Cultural Models to Prototypical Rituals

Renatas Berniūnas

134-144
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Seemingly Senseless Acts Who and When

Michael Nicholas Stagnaro

145-159
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Some of the Understudied Dimensions of Ritual

Benjamin Grant Purzycki

160-170
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Are Rituals Causally Opaque? The Case of Ritual Fasting and Drug Use

Caitlyn Diane Placek

171-181
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The New Anthropology of Ritual

Jordan Kiper, Nick Mauro

182-194
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Ritual Explained? Some Issues and Challenges for the Cognitive and Evolutionary Study of Rituals

Jakub Cigán, Jan Krátký, Radek Kundt, Eva Kundtová Klocová, Martin Lang, Peter Maňo

195-201
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The Ritual Spectrum Definitions, Frameworks, and Implications: Response to Commentators

Dimitris Xygalatas

202-215
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Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion

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About the Journal

Current Issue

Editorial

Reflections on the Cognitive Science of Religion

Book Panel I: Religion Evolving: Cultural, Cognitive, and Ecological Dynamics (2022)

How to Bridge Cognitive and Cultural Models of Religious Evolution

The Devil’s in the Details

Religion Devolving? When Shared Ritual Engagement with Supernatural Agents Becomes Maladaptive

Cultural, Cognitive, and Ecological Dynamics of Individual Religiosity

Religion Is of Reduced Importance When Not Needed to Solve the Problems of Social Living

“We Got Tired” Function, Dysfunction, and the Invisible Host of Religious Failures

How are Religious Systems Ultimately Adaptive?

Sacrifice, Secrecy, and Sexual Conflict in Small-Scale Religions

Costly Signaling as an Integral Part of the Systemic Approach to Religion Critical Assessment from within the Field

Religious Systems Evolving II Response to Commentators

Book Panel II: Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living (2022)

An Overview of Dimitris Xygalatas’ 'Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living' (2022)

Invisible Rituals From Cultural Models to Prototypical Rituals

Seemingly Senseless Acts Who and When

Some of the Understudied Dimensions of Ritual

Are Rituals Causally Opaque? The Case of Ritual Fasting and Drug Use

The New Anthropology of Ritual

Ritual Explained? Some Issues and Challenges for the Cognitive and Evolutionary Study of Rituals

The Ritual Spectrum Definitions, Frameworks, and Implications: Response to Commentators

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Book Panel II: Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living (2022)

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