Homebrewed Christianity Podcast

Dr. Jonathan Jong is a Research Fellow at Coventry University, and Deputy Director of the Brain, Belief and Behaviour group there. He is also a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford. Most of his current research is on the psychology of religion and the philosophical issues associated with the scientific study of religion. The Doctor is also a Reverend and Associate Priest at the parish church of St Mary Magdalen, Oxford and the Web Editor for the St Mary Magdalen School of Theology. In this conversation we talked about... what is the scientific study of religion? what of religion is available to science? the role of humility in theological speculation how does cognitive science describe the origin of religion? what are the two big approaches to understanding the evolutionary origin of religion? how the relationship of our cognitive mechanisms and culture work together the role and function of culture in shaping humanity's religious dispos