Theological correctness: Cognitive constraint and the study of religion

JL Barrett�- Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, 1999 - brill.com
… -religious ones, are subject to cognitive constraints consistent with intuitive or folk knowledge,
the consequence of this constraint being a chasm between theological … who study religion

Cognitive science of religion: What is it and why is it?

JL Barrett�- Religion Compass, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… using insights from the cognitive sciences to study religion existed. … findings of the field:
theological correctness (TC) and the … can inform religious practice where theology is silent, Barrett

The science of religious beliefs

JL Barrett, JA Lanman�- Religion, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
… appears to be that explicit beliefs are informed and constrained by … Theological concepts
may deviate from these natural … cognitive science of religion’s Naturalness of Religion Thesis as …

The naturalness of religious concepts

JL Barrett�- New Approaches Study Relig, 2004 - degruyter.com
1999). While astronomers entertain fancy notions about the … One consequence of this cognitive
constraint is that in many … potential for transmitting theology of any given religious event is …

Toward a Cognitive Science of Christianity

JL Barrett�- The Blackwell companion to science and�…, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… by my research on theological correctness , the tendency for the religious concepts we use
in … the theological propositions we affirm when in a reflective mode (Barrett 1999). Christian …

1 The Naturalness of religion and th e Unnaturalness of Theology

JL Barrett�- Is religion natural?, 2012 - torrossa.com
… Other theorists in the cognitive science of religion area have … natural cognition can be used
to inform and constrain religiousTheological Correctness and Slone’s historical case studies

Coding and quantifying counterintuitiveness in religious concepts: Theoretical and methodological reflections

J Barrett�- Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, 2008 - brill.com
… As a central theory in the cognitive science of religion, … attention (eg, Barrett, 2000, 2004a,
2004b; Barrett & Nyhof, 2001; … knowledge to inform and constrain cultural expression has been …

Exploring the natural foundations of religion

JL Barrett�- Trends in cognitive sciences, 2000 - cell.com
… As an illustration of this constraint, Barrett and Keil found that when adults in India and
the United States reflected on their theological ideas about supreme beings, they generated …

of Christianity

JL BARRETT�- The Blackwell Companion to Science and�…, 2012 - books.google.com
… by my research on theological correctness , the tendency for the religious concepts we use
in … the theological propositions we affirm when in a reflective mode (Barrett 1999). Christian …

…�of religion–that religion is a natural kind of human cultural expression because of how human minds naturally function in ordinary human environments. Religion is�…

JL Barrett�- Is Religion Natural?, 2012 - books.google.com
… Other theorists in the cognitive science of religion area have … natural cognition can be used
to inform and constrain religiousTheological Correctness and Slone’s historical case studies