A natural history of natural theology : the cognitive science of theology and philosophy of religion / Helen De Cruz and Johan De Smedt.

"Questions about the existence and attributes of God form the subject matter of natural theology, which seeks to gain knowledge of the divine by relying on reason and experience of the world. Arguments in natural theology rely largely on intuitions and inferences that seem natural to us, occurr...

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Main Author: De Cruz, Helen, 1978-
Other title:⁁慎畴慲楈瑳牯⁹景丠瑡牵污吠敨汯杯
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Published: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2014.
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