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    • Armaments and ornaments: mate-guarding and the evolutionary roots of religion 

      Czachesz, Istvan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2018-09-13)
      This article explores the connection between sexual selection and religion, locating the origins of religious behavior in mate guarding after the transition to terrestrial life in <i>Homo erectus</i> 1.8 million years ago. An important consequence of the transition was the emergence of a polygynous, multiple-family social structure, which gave rise to mate guarding as a successful strategy. Further, ...

    • Creencias, Rituales y Memoria. Una introducción a la Ciencia Cognitiva de la Religión 

      Apud Pelaez, Ismael; Czachesz, Istvan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      La Ciencia Cognitiva de la Religión es un campo de investigación interdisciplinario que surge en los años 1990s, congregando distintas disciplinas y métodos. Su interés es explicar los procesos cognitivos que subyacen a las creencias y prácticas religiosas, así como situar las mismas en la historia natural y evolutiva de nuestra especie. En el presente artículo se describirá dicho campo interdisciplinario ...

    • Evolutionary theory on the move: New perspectives on evolution in the cognitive science of religion 

      Czachesz, Istvan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      This article discusses the use of evolutionary theory in the cognitive science of religion (CSR), with special attention to critical issues and new developments. In the first part of the article, I will discuss the definition of evolution and describe the Modern Synthesis (or neo-Darwinian theory). In the next part, I will consider various evolutionary perspectives in CSR, including evolutionary ...

    • Network Science in Biblical Studies: Introduction 

      Czachesz, Istvan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07)
      The notion of a network is ingrained in contemporary culture. In everyday English parlance, we casually talk about television networks, computer networks, professional networks, telephone networks, and so on. Even though the word has a technological flavor, the idea of a network is purely mathematical at its core. A network (or graph in mathematical language) is an abstract model that consists ...

    • The neuropsychology of religious experience. A review of different scientific approaches to the phenomenon / Neuropsicología de la experiencia religiosa. Una revisión de distintas aproximaciones científicas al fenómeno 

      Apud, Ismael; Czachesz, Istvan (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-05-13)
      The current article is a critical review of the neuropsychological study of religious experience. First, we analyse the philosophical and theological roots of the term and its characterization as a sui generis and unique phenomenon. We subsequently describe the adoption of the concept in psychology, as well as the emergence of alternative approaches that emphasize the role of categorization of ...

    • The New Testament as a Model: Reading the Bible with Richard Dawkins 

      Czachesz, Istvan (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2023)
      The New Testament is a cultural canon that fundamentally shaped the development of Christian Europe and the entire Christian world. The Bible can be seen as a repository of ideas and behavioral rules that have been read and interpreted by many generations of (cultural) Christians. The ideas and behavioral rules that became part of the Bible, as well as their specific combinations and intertextual ...