ABSTRACT
Whether from the pen of a theist or an atheist, rhetoric that blurs the distinction between, on the one hand, a cluster of scientific theories regarding the formational history of living organisms, and on the other hand a comprehensive metaphysical system, is rhetoric more likely to amplify rather than to diminish the confusion that persists in the discussion of scientific and religious beliefs regarding the
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A number of scholars cited by Barrett have called for the application of scientific investigation and analysis to the phenomenon of religious belief. Barrett himself is an active participant in this enterprise, and has been credited with playing a major role in founding the particular field of study now called the "cognitive science of religion."
