- Published: 25 June 2024
- ISBN: 9780262552455
- Imprint: MIT Press Academic
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 264
- RRP: $95.00
A Natural History of Natural Theology
The Cognitive Science of Theology and Philosophy of Religion

















- Published: 25 June 2024
- ISBN: 9780262552455
- Imprint: MIT Press Academic
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 264
- RRP: $95.00
"In A Natural History of Natural Theology the enduring tradition of natural theology meets an academic newcomer, the cognitive science of religion. In this unique meeting, De Cruz and De Smedt offer a bold, fascinating, and remarkably clear account of the cognitive basis of theological arguments. A Natural History of Natural Theology will not only be appreciated by cognitive scientists and theologians, but will be of interest to anyone who has ever considered arguments for or against the existence of God."
—Richard Sosis, James Barnett Professor of Humanistic Anthropology, University of Connecticut; cofounder and coeditor of Religion, Brain & Behavior
"Science has long forced theological thinkers to respond to new evidence about the nature of the world. De Cruz and De Smedt go a step further: what happens to theology when the science in question is the science of theological thought itself? This ambitious book represents an exciting new chapter in the science–theology dialogue."
—Justin L. Barrett, Thrive Professor of Developmental Science, Fuller Graduate School of Psychology; author of Born Believers: The Science of Children's Religious Belief