An unnatural history of religions : academia, post-truth and the quest for scientific knowledge / Leonardo Ambasciano.

"An Unnatural History of Religions examines the origins, development, and critical issues concerning the history of religion and its relationship with science. The book explores the ideological biases, logical fallacies, and unwarranted beliefs that surround the scientific foundations (or lack there...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Scientific studies of religion (Bloomsbury (Firm))
Main Author: Ambasciano, Leonardo (Author)
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.
Series:Scientific studies of religion (Bloomsbury (Firm))
Subjects:
Religion > Historiography.
Religion and science.
Religion.
Religionswissenschaft.
Geschichtsschreibung.
Physical Description:xxii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface: Ghosts, post-truth despair, and Brandolini's Law
  • An incoherent contradiction
  • The deep history of comparison
  • The Darwinian road not taken
  • Goodbye science
  • Eliadology
  • The demolition of the status quo
  • The cognitive (r)evolution: the end?
  • Epilogue: The night of pseudoscience.