Is Religion Natural?

How natural is religion? Is it a phenomenon written in our genes or brains, naturally developing with the development of the human race? The book

considers the findings of evolutionary psychology from scientific,

philosophical and theological perspectives and critically examines the relation

between empirical, epistemological and theological notions.

Chapters in

the book deal with the naturalness of religion and religious experiences as

based on genetics, biology and social psychology. Other authors examine the

relationship between religion, science and theology with regard to the

naturalness of religion from a more general perspective. The last part of the

book includes views from a Muslim scholar and a historian.