21st Century Theories of Religion

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List of contributors
1. On theories of religion: Varieties, distinctions, questions
2. A rational choice-based theory of religion: On Rodney Stark and Roger Finke, Acts of Faith (2000)
3. Religion as differentiated communication: On Niklas Luhmann, A Systems Theory of Religion ([2000] 2013)
4. Religion as the unintended product of brain functions in the ‘standard cognitive science of religion model’: On Pascal Boyer, Religion Explained (2001) and The Fracture of an Illusion (2010)
5. The United States of Religion: On David Sloan Wilson, Darwin’s Cathedral (2002)
6. Religion as a costly but beneficial evolutionary by-product: On Scott Atran, In Gods We Trust (2002)
7. Routes, flow, and homemaking: On Thomas A. Tweed, Crossing and Dwelling (2006)
8. Practices and the promise of salvation: On Martin Riesebrodt, The Promise of Salvation (2007/2010)
9. Religion as anthropotechnics: On Peter Sloterdijk, You Must Change Your Life (2009)
10. Religion as world maker: On Robert Bellah, Religion in Human Evolution (2011)
11. Social practice as a holistic frame: On Stephen S. Bush, Visions of Religion (2014)
12. Real religion from the person up: On Christian Smith, Religion (2017)
13. Life in a strange world: On Gavin Flood, Religion and the Philosophy of Life (2019)
14. Orchids and ghosts, concrete and coal: On Paul-François Tremlett, Towards a New Theory of Religion and Social Change (2020)
15. The evolution of semiotic systems: On Volkhard Krech, Evolution der Religion (2021)
16. Davidsonian semantic holism as meta-theoretical framework: On Gabriel Levy, Beyond Heaven and Earth (2022)
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