Smart gods, dumb gods, and the role of social cognition in structuring ritual intuitions

Journal of Cognition and Culture

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 183-193

  Barrett, Justin L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b 5244 ISR ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Causal reasoning; God concepts; Religion; Ritual; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749075426     PISSN: 15677095     EISSN: 15685373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685370260225080     Document Type: Article

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