{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2472420600","doi":null,"title":"Applying the Science of Faith: The Cognitive Science of Religion and Christian Practice","display_name":"Applying the Science of Faith: The Cognitive Science of Religion and Christian Practice","publication_year":2015,"publication_date":"2015-10-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2472420600","mag":"2472420600"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"mag:2472420600","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://relbib.de/Record/163459925X/Description","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S172367551","display_name":"The Journal of psychology and Christianity","issn_l":"0733-4273","issn":["0733-4273"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","norway-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310322188","host_organization_name":"Christian Association for Psychological Studies","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310322188"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Christian Association for Psychological Studies"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"\u0098The \u009cJournal of psychology and Christianity","raw_type":null},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5041288393","display_name":"Laird R. O. Edman","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Laird R. O. Edman","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5041288393"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.3776,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":2,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.66480321,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":94},"biblio":{"volume":"34","issue":"3","first_page":"240","last_page":"251"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10509","display_name":"Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology","score":0.6226000189781189,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3306","display_name":"Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10509","display_name":"Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology","score":0.6226000189781189,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3306","display_name":"Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13150","display_name":"Study and Philosophy of Religion","score":0.2874000072479248,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12182","display_name":"Evolution and Science Education","score":0.0210999995470047,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1207","display_name":"History and Philosophy of Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cognitive-science-of-religion","display_name":"cognitive science of religion","score":0.9879999756813049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/christian-practice","display_name":"Christian practice","score":0.8069999814033508},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/religious-beliefs","display_name":"religious beliefs","score":0.6060000061988831},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/folk-psychology","display_name":"folk psychology","score":0.33399999141693115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cognitive-architecture","display_name":"cognitive architecture","score":0.33799999952316284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/religious-cognition","display_name":"religious cognition","score":0.3610000014305115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/evangelism","display_name":"evangelism","score":0.7620000243186951},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/supernatural-beliefs","display_name":"supernatural beliefs","score":0.3059999942779541},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/afterlife-beliefs","display_name":"afterlife beliefs","score":0.4560000002384186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/divine-plan","display_name":"divine plan","score":0.3540000021457672},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/atonement","display_name":"atonement","score":0.8220000267028809},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/trinity","display_name":"Trinity","score":0.9279999732971191},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cognitive-psychology-of-religion","display_name":"cognitive psychology of religion","score":0.3100000023841858},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sociology-of-religion","display_name":"sociology of religion","score":0.6710000038146973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/anthropology-of-religion","display_name":"anthropology of religion","score":0.8889999985694885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/philosophy-of-religion","display_name":"philosophy of religion","score":0.7120000123977661}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C538439097","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q623282","display_name":"Afterlife","level":2,"score":0.7435158491134644},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776727279","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4489450","display_name":"Heaven","level":2,"score":0.6846761107444763},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776445417","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128593","display_name":"Reincarnation","level":2,"score":0.6692276000976562},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778692574","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5410500","display_name":"Faith","level":2,"score":0.6454527974128723},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C194078274","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34362","display_name":"Astrology","level":2,"score":0.5949063897132874},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C27206212","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34178","display_name":"Theology","level":1,"score":0.5136329531669617},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777222677","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2514663","display_name":"Worship","level":2,"score":0.4991159439086914},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24667770","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34187","display_name":"Religious studies","level":1,"score":0.47324925661087036},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777359062","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q359385","display_name":"Innocence","level":2,"score":0.4414634704589844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.4381087124347687},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C551968917","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5043","display_name":"Christianity","level":2,"score":0.4191229045391083},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.3505980968475342},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.2780492603778839},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11171543","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41630","display_name":"Psychoanalysis","level":1,"score":0.22227367758750916}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"mag:2472420600","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://relbib.de/Record/163459925X/Description","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S172367551","display_name":"The Journal of psychology and Christianity","issn_l":"0733-4273","issn":["0733-4273"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","norway-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310322188","host_organization_name":"Christian Association for Psychological Studies","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310322188"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Christian Association for Psychological Studies"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"\u0098The \u009cJournal of psychology and Christianity","raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":18,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W436027448","https://openalex.org/W1502591872","https://openalex.org/W1561150101","https://openalex.org/W1617267527","https://openalex.org/W1978926903","https://openalex.org/W2004014836","https://openalex.org/W2054995168","https://openalex.org/W2058049403","https://openalex.org/W2067789805","https://openalex.org/W2068986063","https://openalex.org/W2073027431","https://openalex.org/W2084116903","https://openalex.org/W2094249282","https://openalex.org/W2113647282","https://openalex.org/W2149140482","https://openalex.org/W2752099845","https://openalex.org/W3037949980","https://openalex.org/W3217466304"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2183507383","https://openalex.org/W4224313744","https://openalex.org/W2010212134","https://openalex.org/W7030413998","https://openalex.org/W4205733288","https://openalex.org/W6987591153","https://openalex.org/W1999596845","https://openalex.org/W6941299254","https://openalex.org/W2904590257","https://openalex.org/W2314850723"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Why":[0],"do":[1],"so":[2,445],"many":[3],"Christians":[4,27,44,406,418],"believe":[5,28,452],"things":[6],"that":[7,101,257,300,350,389,521,573,581,607,611,617],"are":[8,335,390,609,612],"contrary":[9],"to":[10,13,71,185,243,289,352,371,381,399,451,467,470,550],"scripture":[11],"or":[12,31,34,59,211],"the":[296],"carefully":[15],"delineated":[16],"and":[17,97,128,144,146,150,175,219,246,278,286,304,308,314,320,334,340,356,360,412,426,439,456,460,473,477,491,498,519,529,540,562],"often":[18,45],"explicated":[19],"precepts":[20],"of":[21,50,64,75,79,91,140,194,202,205,227,251,255,270,276,283,298,327,402,434,505,517,538,566,595],"basic":[22],"Christian":[23,67,527,532,577],"theology?":[24],"Many":[25],"professed":[26],"in":[29,32,36,117,173,188,324,355,367,422,428,479,525,535,541,571],"ghosts,":[30,213],"astrology,":[33],"even":[35,216,427],"reincarnation":[37],"(Moore,":[38],"2005;":[39],"Willard":[40,233],"&":[41,234,602],"Norenzayan,":[42,235],"2013).":[43,236],"have":[46,407,450],"wildly":[47],"inaccurate":[48],"conceptions":[49],"core":[51],"theological":[52,454],"principles":[53],"such":[54,181],"as":[55,89,122,124,182,240,419],"atonement,":[57],"grace,":[58],"Trinity.":[61],"A":[62],"pastor":[63],"an":[65,515],"evangelical":[66],"church":[68,190],"once":[69,99],"lamented":[70],"me":[72],"how":[73],"one":[74,616],"long-time":[77],"pillars":[78],"congregation,":[81],"a":[82,252,328,432,556,592],"man":[83,134],"who":[84],"had":[85,129,135,169],"served":[86],"for":[87,171,417,560],"decades":[88],"president":[90],"board,":[93],"Sunday":[94],"school":[95],"teacher,":[96],"elder,":[98],"confessed":[100],"he":[102,111,168],"assumed":[103],"God":[104,464],"would":[105],"allow":[106],"him":[107],"into":[108],"heaven":[109],"because":[110],"hadn't":[112],"done":[113],"anything":[114],"seriously":[115],"wrong":[116],"his":[118,131],"life,":[119],"was":[120,164],"probably":[121,153],"good":[123,593],"next":[126],"guy,":[127],"tried":[130],"best.":[132],"This":[133,265],"most":[136],"likely":[137],"heard":[138,170],"hundreds":[139],"sermons":[141],"on":[142,147,345,493,502],"grace":[143],"salvation":[145],"Christ's":[148],"death":[149],"resurrection.":[151],"He":[152],"knew":[154],"John":[155],"3:16":[156],"by":[157,337,379,483],"heart.":[158],"But":[159],"this":[160,480,513],"man's":[161],"folk":[162],"theology":[594],"far":[165],"from":[166,223],"what":[167,291,368],"years":[172],"worship":[174,528],"Bible":[176],"study.":[177],"Theologically":[178],"incorrect":[179],"beliefs":[180,319,359],"these":[183,238,358,382],"appear":[184,351,466],"be":[186,198,353,372,415,468],"ubiquitous":[187],"(Slone,":[191,231],"2004).":[192],"One":[193],"reasons":[196,440],"may":[197,221,397,414],"ordinary":[200,225,347],"workings":[201],"human":[203,583],"cognition.Many":[204],"our":[206,228],"non-reflective":[207],"intuitions":[208],"about":[209,408,436,463,591],"God,":[210],"gods,":[212],"afterlife,":[215],"divine":[217],"plan":[218],"purpose,":[220],"arise":[222],"operations":[226,239],"cognitive":[229,268,279,306,393],"architecture":[230],"2004;":[232],"Understanding":[237],"they":[241,413],"relate":[242],"religious":[244,312,318,377,443,494],"belief":[245,315],"practice":[247],"is":[248,482,514,580,587,615],"task":[250],"new":[253,558],"arena":[254],"study":[256],"has":[258,431,522,618],"developed":[259],"over":[260],"past":[262],"20":[263],"years.":[264],"approach,":[266],"science":[269],"religion":[271,288,539],"(CSR),":[272],"uses":[273],"tools":[275],"developmental":[277],"psychology,":[280],"anthropology,":[281],"sociology":[282],"religion,":[284],"philosophy,":[285],"comparative":[287],"examine":[290],"Justin":[292],"Barrett":[293],"(2013)":[294],"calls":[295],"basement":[297],"religion;":[299],"is,":[301],"underlying":[303,383],"invisible":[305],"structures":[307],"foundations":[309],"upon":[310],"which":[311,461],"behavior":[313],"rest.":[316],"While":[317],"behaviors":[321,361],"occur":[322],"only":[323],"context":[326],"specific":[329,490,507],"culture-they":[330],"take":[331],"place":[332],"within":[333],"defined":[336],"particular":[338],"social":[339],"cultural":[341],"settings-CSR":[342],"research":[343,366,478,518],"focuses":[344],"psychological":[348,385],"processes":[349,396],"involved":[354],"undergird":[357],"across":[362,496],"cultures.":[363],"The":[364,605],"first":[365],"later":[369],"came":[370],"called":[373],"CSR":[374,430,555,574],"emphasized":[375],"explaining":[376],"systems":[378],"appealing":[380],"common":[384,404],"processes,":[386],"especially":[387],"information-processing-processes":[388],"usually":[391],"labeled":[392],"(Barrett,":[394,509],"2013).These":[395],"help":[398],"explain":[400],"some":[401,453],"misconceptions":[405],"their":[409],"own":[410],"faith":[411,508],"useful":[416,557],"we":[420,449,608],"engage":[421],"teaching,":[423],"leading":[424],"worship,":[425],"evangelism.":[429],"number":[433],"hypotheses":[435],"ways":[438],"humans":[441],"find":[442],"ritual":[444],"important,":[446],"tendencies":[448],"concepts":[455],"struggle":[457],"with":[458],"others,":[459],"ideas":[462],"children":[465],"primed":[469],"quickly":[471],"understand":[472],"believe.":[474],"Whereas":[475],"theory":[476,520],"area":[481,516],"its":[484],"very":[485],"nature":[486],"more":[487],"general":[488],"than":[489,501],"focused":[492],"observance":[495],"cultures":[497],"faiths":[499],"rather":[500],"practices":[504],"any":[506],"2011;":[510],"McCauley,":[511],"2011),":[512],"potential":[523],"value":[524],"informing":[526],"spiritual":[530,578],"formation.":[531],"psychologists":[533],"interested":[534],"psychology":[537,543],"giving":[542],"away":[544],"(Miller,":[545],"1969,":[546],"p.":[547],"1071),":[548],"particularly":[549],"church,":[552],"should":[553],"consider":[554],"tool":[559],"understanding":[561],"enhancing":[563],"life":[565],"faith.Embodied":[567],"SelvesA":[568],"central":[569],"assumption":[570],"positing":[572],"can":[575],"inform":[576],"formation":[579],"body":[584,597],"matters.":[585],"There":[586],"much":[588],"written":[589],"elsewhere":[590],"(cf.":[598],"Cortez,":[599],"2008;":[600],"Powell":[601],"Lodahl,":[603],"1999).":[604],"idea":[606],"souls":[610],"fully":[613],"embodied":[614],"strong":[619],"scriptural":[620],"support":[621],"(e.":[622],"\u2026":[623]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-28T10:33:24.094632","created_date":"2016-07-22T00:00:00"}