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Course description

This course explores modern psychological theories about belief and unbelief in western religious traditions. Starting in the twentieth century and continuing to the present day, it examines the development of secular, psychogenic accounts of the origins and reasons for or against belief in gods, ghosts, the afterlife, and a just world. Focussed around extended discussion of texts and theories, this course introduces students to both the intellectual history of the psychology of religion and current approaches in the field, including child development, gender studies, social psychology, neurology, cognitive science, and attachment theory.

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