종교의 기원에 관한 과학적 연구 - 마이클 아빕과 매리 헤세, 월터 버커트, 어거스틴 푸엔테스의 기포드 강연들을 중심으로 - = The Scientific Study on the Origin of Religion: Focusing on the Gifford Lectures of Michael Arbib, Marry Hesse, Walter Burkert, and Augustin Fuentes

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Is the dialogue between religion and science necessary? The question sounds outdated, since the dialogue has been animated from the early 20th century. However, the skepticism in relation to the dialogue is still pervasive in university contexts. The students of liberal art college, at least in South Korea, are mostly indifferent to religion as well as science. The situation of students in natural science and engineering are not different. Nevertheless, this article claims that the dialogue between religion and science should be promoted. For human is innately religious from the perspectives of cognitive science, biology, and anthropology. To argue that, this article examines three Gifford lectures given respectively by Michael Arbib, Mary Hesse, Walter Burkert, and Augustin Fuentes, who propose scientific models (i.e. cognitive science, biology, and anthropology) with regard to the origin of religion. The examination on the Gifford lectures will contribute to developing our domestic study on dialogue between religion and science. Furthermore, this attempt will help to advocate the reality and meaningfulness of religion in an era of scientific naturalism, which questions the validity of religion.