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Religious Reasoning

Religious Reasoning is a cognitive process—involving the application of reasoning strategies to religious beliefs, doctrines, or experiences—that distinguishes itself from general reasoning by its reliance on supernatural, sacred, or transcendent premises as normative grounds for inference or justification within religious contexts.

311

Publications

19.7K

Citations

392

Authors

228

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

55

Parents

Publications

311

Religion explained: the evolutionary origins of religious thought

Choice Reviews Online · 2002 · 2K citations

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God is not great: how religion poisons everything

Choice Reviews Online · 2008 · 735 citations

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Analytic Thinking Promotes Religious Disbelief

Will M. Gervais, Ara Norenzayan · Science · 2012 · 600 citations

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Analytic cognitive style predicts religious and paranormal belief

Gordon Pennycook, James Allan Cheyne, Paul Seli et al. · Cognition · 2012 · 564 citations

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The Naturalness of Religious Ideas: A Cognitive Theory of Religion

Justin L. Barrett, Pascal Boyer · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 1996 · 548 citations

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Authors

392

  1. JL
    Justin L. Barrett

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    12 publications · 2.1K citations

    12

    h-index

  2. JM
    Jesse M. Bering

    Florida Atlantic University, United States

    8 publications · 528 citations

    8

    h-index

  3. PB
    Pascal Boyer

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    6 publications · 1.2K citations

    6

    h-index

  4. AP
    Alvin Plantinga

    University of Notre Dame, United States

    6 publications · 785 citations

    6

    h-index

  5. JB
    Joseph Bulbulia

    Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

    5 publications · 356 citations

    5

    h-index

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Institutions

228

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    26 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. Zygon Center for Religion and Science

    Chicago Heights, United States

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    171 citations

  3. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    2.8K citations

  4. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    637 citations

  5. Victoria University of Wellington

    Wellington, New Zealand

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    332 citations

  6. Pontifical University Antonianum

    Rome, Italy

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    123 citations

  7. Calvin University

    Grand Rapids, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    666 citations

  8. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    389 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 21 publications · 3.9K citations

    17

    h-index

  2. Religious Studies

    15 publications · 548 citations

    12

    h-index

  3. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

    JSSR · 11 publications · 1.2K citations

    11

    h-index

  4. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion

    10 publications · 666 citations

    10

    h-index

  5. Religion

    8 publications · 535 citations

    8

    h-index

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