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Read it all here: Studying The Sacred
"In an age of resurgent religion, Scott Atran urges academics
- especially scientists - to turn their attention to the sacred. He believes
that science can help us "understand religion and the sacred just as it
can help us understand the genome or the structure of the universe," and
that such knowledge will be vital for grasping the dynamics of world affairs in
the coming decades. Atran especially focuses on how the scientific study of
religion can aid in explaining the causes and duration of war and violence. For
example, he argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, religion has been
behind only a very small fraction of history's bloody conflicts..."
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