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Harvey Whitehouse

Director of the Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion, University of Oxford

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January 28, 2015

Wrath of God: Religious Primes and Punishment (PDF)→

January 28, 2015/ ScienceSites

Ryan McKay, Charles Efferson, Harvey Whitehouse, and Ernst Fehr (2010). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Vol. 278: pp 1858-1863.

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2010, journal-articles
Social and Affective Processes Research Group
January 28, 2015

Modes of Religiosity at Çatalhöyük (PDF)→

January 28, 2015/ ScienceSites

Harvey Whitehouse and Ian Hodder (2010). I. Hodder (ed.) Religion in the Emergence of Civilization: Çatalhöyük as a Case Study, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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January 28, 2015

Graeco-Roman Religions and the Cognitive Science of Religion (PDF)→

January 28, 2015/ ScienceSites

Harvey Whitehouse (2009). L. H. Martin & P. Pachis (eds.) Imagistic Traditions in the Graeco-Roman World, Thessaloniki: Vanias.

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book-chapter, 2009
January 26, 2015

Common Criticisms of the Cognitive Science of Religion – Answered (PDF)→

January 26, 2015/ ScienceSites

Emma Cohen, Jonathan A. Lanman, Robert N. McCauley, and Harvey Whitehouse (2008). The Council of Societies for the Study of Religion Bulletin, Vol. 37, No. 4: pp 112-115.

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January 26, 2015

Modes of Religiosity (PDF)→

January 26, 2015/ ScienceSites

Harvey Whitehouse (2008). The Council of Societies for the Study of Religion Bulletin, vol. 37, No. 4: pp 108-112.

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2008, journal-articles
January 26, 2015

Cognitive Evolution and Religion; Cognition and Religious Evolution (PDF)→

January 26, 2015/ ScienceSites

Harvey Whitehouse (2008). J. Bulbulia, R. Sosis, E. Harris, R. Genet, C. Genet & K. Wyman (eds.) The Evolution of Religion: Studies, Theories, and Critiques, Santa Margarita, CA: Collins Foundation Press.

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book-chapter, 2008
January 26, 2015

The Evolution and History of Religion (PDF)→

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Harvey Whitehouse (2007). D. Parkin & S. Ulijaszek (eds.) Holistic Anthropology, Oxford: Berghahn.

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2007, book-chapter
January 26, 2015

Towards an Integration of Ethnography, History and the Cognitive Science of Religion (PDF)→

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Harvey Whitehouse (2007). H. Whitehouse & J. Laidlaw (eds.) Religion, Anthropology and Cognitive Science, Durham: Carolina Academic Press

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book-chapter, 2007
January 26, 2015

Transmission (PDF)→

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Harvey Whitehouse (2006). M. Stausberg (ed.) Theorizing Rituals: Issues, Topics, Approaches, Concepts, Leiden: Brill.

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2006, book-chapter
January 26, 2015

Cognition et Religion (PDF)→

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Harvey Whitehouse (2006). G. Fussman (ed.) Croyance, Raison et Déraison, Paris: Odile Jacob Editions.

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2006, book-chapter
January 26, 2015

Appropriated and Monolithic Christianity in Melanesia (PDF)→

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Harvey Whitehouse (2006). F. Cannell (ed.) The Anthropology of Christianity, Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

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2006, book-chapter
January 26, 2015

New Frontiers in the Cognitive Science of Religion (PDF)→

January 26, 2015/ ScienceSites

Harvey Whitehouse and Robert N. McCauley (2005). Journal of Cognition and Culture, Vol. 5, Nos.1-2: pp 1-13.

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2005, journal-articles
January 26, 2015

Cognitive Historiography: When Science Meets Art (PDF)→

January 26, 2015/ ScienceSites

Harvey Whitehouse (2005). Historical Reflections/ Reflexions Historiques, Vol.31, No.2: pp 307-318.

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January 26, 2015

Memory and Analogical Thinking in High-Arousal Rituals (PDF)→

January 26, 2015/ ScienceSites

Harvey Whitehouse, Rebekah A. Richert and Emma Stewart (2005). H. Whitehouse & R. N. McCauley (eds.) Mind and Religion: Psychological and Cognitive Foundations of Religiosity, Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

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2005, book-chapter
January 26, 2015

The Cognitive Foundations of Religiosity (PDF)→

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Harvey Whitehouse (2005). H. Whitehouse & R. N. McCauley (eds.) Mind and Religion: Psychological and Cognitive Foundations of Religiosity, Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

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2005, book-chapter
January 26, 2015

Emotion, Memory, and Religious Rituals: An Assessment of Two Theories (PDF)→

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Harvey Whitehouse (2005). K. Milton & M. Svasek (eds.) Mixed Emotions, Oxford: Berg.

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January 26, 2015

Modes of Religiosity and the Cognitive Science of Religion (PDF)→

January 26, 2015/ ScienceSites

Harvey Whitehouse (2004). Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, Vol.16, No.3: pp 321-335.

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January 26, 2015

Why Do We Need Cognitive Theories of Religion? (PDF)→

January 26, 2015/ ScienceSites

Harvey Whitehouse (2004). T. Light & B. C. Wilson (eds.) Religion as a Human Capacity: A festschrift in honor of E. Thomas Lawson, Leiden: Brill.

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January 26, 2015

Modes of Religiosity: Towards a Cognitive Explanation of the Sociopolitical Dynamics of Religion (PDF)→

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Harvey Whitehouse (2002). Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, Vol. 14: pp 293-315.

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2002, journal-articles
January 26, 2015

Conjectures, Refutations, and Verification: Towards a Testable Theory of Modes of Religiosity (PDF)→

January 26, 2015/ ScienceSites

Harvey Whitehouse (2002). Journal of Ritual Studies, Vol. 16, No. 2: pp 44-59.

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