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Science and religion : a rocky relationship shaped by shared psychological functions
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Rutjens, Bastiaan T. and Preston, Jesse (2020) Science and religion : a rocky relationship shaped by shared psychological functions. In: Vail III, Kenneth E. and Routledge, Clay, (eds.) The science of religion, spirituality, and existentialism. Elsevier: Academic Press, pp. 373-385. ISBN 9780128172049
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-817204-9.00027-5
Abstract
This chapter reviews work on the shared psychological functions of science and religion. In doing so, we focus on three of these functions that are of particular importance to human functioning: explanation, control, and meaning. The research that is reviewed indicates that both belief systems can help one to address motivational needs pertaining to these functions, albeit in different ways and with somewhat different degrees of success. Morality and mortality are two central domains within which this notion is further explored. We conclude that the psychological functions that belief systems fulfill form a central component of both science and religion, as well as of their complicated relationship.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier: Academic Press | ||||||||
ISBN: | 9780128172049 | ||||||||
Book Title: | The science of religion, spirituality, and existentialism | ||||||||
Editor: | Vail III, Kenneth E. and Routledge, Clay | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2020 | ||||||||
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Page Range: | pp. 373-385 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/B978-0-12-817204-9.00027-5 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
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