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God and the Ivory Tower- By Scott Atran | Foreign Policy

Scott Atran argues that scientific study of religion is needed. Hard to disagree there, though I'm not sure scientists have refrained from studying it because they think it's silly. Is there evidence for that?
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[amuchmoreexotic.livejournal.com]

Ironically, he cites quite a lot of scientific studies. I get the impression that areas like neuroscience of religion are cool and sexy now, not silly.