Pain and suffering as part of religious life: The Mauritian Thaipusam kavadi
In a pop-science article published in Dingir, E. Kundtová Klocová discusses the various socio-cultural aspects of the Thaipusam Kavadi ritual as practiced in Mauritius.
"Cognitive" science of religion?
Kundtová Klocová points out the lack of clarity of the key concept of “cognition” within the field of cognitive science of religion, and also critiques White’s selective emphasis on the “standard” theories that have shaped the field in its beginnings.
Specifically, Kundtová Klocová advocates to include, for example, the theories of predictive coding, cultural evolution, and complex adaptive systems within the debate on what cognitive science of religion currently is, as they have been shaping the field with increasing importance.
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