The mind possessed : the cognition of spirit possession in an Afro-Brazilian religious tradition

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Our Gods: Variation in Supernatural Minds (2011, background): “However, it seems likely that it was not Christian influence that resulted in American Indians talking about sacred forces as though they were anthropomorphized and/or attributed with mental states (see Cohen 2007, pp. 104–114 for another example in the case of spirit possession).”
The science of religious beliefs (2008, background): “For those numerous individuals who, for whatever social, economic, or cultural reason, do not receive sufficient training in such teachings, their religious beliefs will tend to conform more closely to the parameters of maturationally natural cognition.4 For example, Emma Cohen (2007) has documented”
Evolutionary accounts of belief in supernatural punishment: a critical review (2011, background): “…in moralizing gods have perhaps been most parsimoniously accounted for as by-products of psychological mechanisms that evolved to solve other adaptive problems having to do with other minds, fairness, teleology and reputation management (Barrett, 2004; Boyer, 2001; Cohen, 2007; Kelemen, 2004).”