cognition (cont.)
distributed 13–14, 84– 5
embodied 14– 15
wet models of 11
see alsobrain; gender differences; mind
cognitivefluidity 13
cognitive modules,seemodularity
cognitive science 1–3, 8– 16
beginnings of 10– 11
definition of 8– 9
Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR) 1–4,
16 – 22, 43–8, 76, 88, 96, 142, 207, 210– 11
cognitive turn 1–4, 8–23, 88, 187–8, 206– 7
collective memory 4, 86
commitment signaling 5–6, 19, 38, 42, 100–4,
178, 183, 195;see alsocharismatic
signaling; credibility enhancing displays
competence (theory) 114– 15
conceptual blending 3, 19–20, 130
confession of sins 102
confirmation bias 131
Constantine (emperor) 105, 209
contagion (intuition of ) 6, 96, 129–30, 139
cooperation (social) 5, 19, 30–1, 36, 37–8, 42,
92, 99–106, 173–5, 178–82, 186, 189
Corinth (church of ) 5–6, 89–90, 94–6, 106,
108 – 10, 117, 121, 151–5, 210
Corinthians (Epistles to) 5, 43–4, 89–90,
94 – 5, 106, 108–13, 152–5, 171, 176, 184,
190 – 1, 210
costly signaling,seecommitment signaling
counterintuitiveness 3, 17, 29, 32, 43–5, 81–3,
87, 133–8, 142, 210–11, 213, 216– 17
and agentive features 82–3, 134
and context 81, 137– 8
minimal 17, 32, 43, 45, 81–3, 133, 136, 142,
210 – 11
credibility enhancing displays 195
cultural evolution 4, 25, 27, 30, 31, 47n, 48,
80, 183
cultural learning 28–30, 42, 71, 80, 95, 100,
107, 132–3, 136, 183–5, 194–5, 200–3,
216;see alsoimitation (as means of
learning)
cultural transmission 5, 7, 27, 30, 43, 45–8,
80 – 3, 107, 113, 133, 142, 183, 185, 210,
217;see alsoinheritance systems;
memory; ritual, and communication
dance 105–6, 118–19, 148, 178
Darwin, Charles R. 24, 25, 26
death
intuitions about 18, 33, 119, 136
of Jesus 43, 81, 110, 119
Deuteronomy 169;see alsohistoriography,
Deuteronomical
Dio Chrysostomos 72
Discourses72, 106, 184
disgust 135
doctrinal mode,seeModes Theory
dopamine,seeneurotransmitters, dopamine
Durkheim, Émile 99, 178– 9early adopters 202
emotional contagion,seeemotions, emotion
sharing
emotions 1, 5, 17–19, 32, 35–6, 44, 53–7,
63 – 4, 76–80, 100, 105, 108–13, 116,
134 – 5, 137, 143, 147, 150, 152, 160,
162 – 3, 166, 168–72, 174–6, 189
as commitment signals 100
emotion sharing 152, 169
and memory 32, 44, 55–7, 63–4, 76–80, 87,
108, 110–13, 135, 137, 154
empathy 6, 22, 32, 40, 60, 135, 168–72, 175,
177, 181, 183, 186
engram 13n
entheogens 148, 160–1, 163
Ephesians (Epistle to) 106
Epictetus,Discourses 99
epidemiology of culture 43n,45–8, 93, 142,
189, 217
and cultural evolution 45– 8
and meme theory 26–7, 45– 8
epigenetics 25, 27–8, 32, 40–1, 47, 218– 19
Eucharist 45, 89–90, 94–5, 102, 106, 110,
117 – 19, 121, 152;see alsobanquet
(ancient)
evolution (theory of ) 4, 9, 12–13, 20–1,
24 – 48, 80, 93–4, 104–5, 128–9, 148, 166,
172 – 6, 178–81, 183–4, 186, 208, 216–17;
see alsonatural selection, neutral
selection, inheritance systems
evolutionary psychology 32, 46, 48, 174
executive functions (of the brain) 57, 149, 152
Exodus (Book of ) 169
exogram 13
exorcism 116– 17
experience (subjective) 143–4;see alsoqualia;
religious experience
exploitation (in evolutionary theory) 180–2,
186 n
external representations 26–7, 146– 7
extra-corporeal experience (ECE) 161, 163
eyewitness testimony 77–9, 86firewalking (ritual) 105, 111
fitness (reproductive) 25, 30–1, 34, 36–8,
46 – 7, 92, 172–4, 183– 5
form criticism 72
Frank, Robert H. 100
Frazer, James G. 122, 130, 139260 General Index