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Bilişsel Bilim ve Din: Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion Üzerine Bibliyometrik ve Tematik Bir İnceleme

Cognitive Science and Religion: A Bibliometric and Thematic Analysis of the Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion

Muhammet Enes Vural(RECEP TAYYİP ERDOĞAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, İLAHİYAT FAKÜLTESİ)0000-0003-0297-3765
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315–350
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2026-01-15
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Standartlaştırılmış anahtar terimler, akademik üretimin inanç ve temsil, pratik ve deneyim, ahlâk ve iş birliği, bellek ve aktarım, ölçüm ve yöntem odaklarında yoğunlaştığını göstermektedir.

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Amaç & Hipotez:Bu çalışma, Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion’da yayımlanan makaleleri tematik içerik analizi ve betimsel bibliyometri temelinde sistematik olarak incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır.
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Temel Bulgular & Veri:Dergi arşivinin sistematik taraması sonucunda çekirdek olarak 46 makale yakın okuma ve el kodlamasına tabi tutulmuştur (kuramsal n=30, ampirik n=16).
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Sonuç & Katkı:Standartlaştırılmış anahtar terimler, akademik üretimin inanç ve temsil, pratik ve deneyim, ahlâk ve iş birliği, bellek ve aktarım, ölçüm ve yöntem odaklarında yoğunlaştığını göstermektedir.
🔬Tür:Uygulamalı Anket & Alan Araştırması
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⚙️Değişkenler:Din Psikolojisi · Bilişsel Din Bilimi · Bibliyometri

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Bu çalışma, Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion’da yayımlanan makaleleri tematik içerik analizi ve betimsel bibliyometri temelinde sistematik olarak incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Dergi arşivinin sistematik taraması sonucunda çekirdek olarak 46 makale yakın okuma ve el kodlamasına tabi tutulmuştur (kuramsal n=30, ampirik n=16). Standartlaştırılmış anahtar terimler, akademik üretimin inanç ve temsil, pratik ve deneyim, ahlâk ve iş birliği, bellek ve aktarım, ölçüm ve yöntem odaklarında yoğunlaştığını göstermektedir. Bilişsel mekanizma ekseninde yinelenen mekanizmalar faillik algısı (HADD), zihinselleştirme (ToM), teleolojik akıl yürütme, asgarî karşı sezgisel temsiller (MCI), bedenleşme ve emilim ile itibar ve doğaüstü gözetim beklentileri olarak belirginleşmektedir. Ampirik araştırmalarda örneklemler ağırlıkla yetişkin ve öğrenci evrenlerinden oluşmakta, kültürel çerçevede WEIRD payı dikkat çekmektedir. Ülke katkıları Anglosfer merkezli bir omurgaya işaret etmektedir (ABD n=11, Birleşik Krallık n=8); İsveç n=6 ve Danimarka n=5 başta olmak üzere İskandinav hattı ikinci ekseni oluşturmaktadır. Bulgular, JCSR’nin kuramsal tartışmayı derinleştirirken mekanizma temelli açıklamaları pratik ve toplumsal alanlara taşıyan görece tutarlı bir tematik ekoloji sunduğunu göstermektedir. Din psikolojisi açısından bu yapının, Tanrı tasavvuru ve niyet atfı, ritüel deneyiminde duygu düzenleme ve dikkat, ahlâk ve iş birliğinde itibar ve gözetim beklentileri gibi ölçülebilir karşılıklarla uyuşabileceği; deneysel paradigmalar için uygulanabilir bir temel sağlayabileceği; JCSR’de sistematikleşen kuramsal çerçevelerin din psikolojisi araştırmalarının tasarım kararlarında referans alınabileceği değerlendirilmektedir.

Abstract

This study aims to systematically examine the articles published in the Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion using thematic content analysis and descriptive bibliometrics. We conducted a systematic search of the journal archive and retained an analytical core of n=46 articles for close reading and manual coding (theoretical n=30, empirical n=16). Standardized author keywords indicate that scholarly production concentrates on belief and representation, practice and experience, morality and cooperation, memory and transmission, and measurement and method. Along the cognitive mechanism axis, recurrent mechanisms become salient as agency detection (HADD), mentalizing (ToM), teleological reasoning, minimally counterintuitive representations (MCI), embodiment and absorption, and reputation and supernatural monitoring expectations. Empirical studies predominantly recruit adult and student populations, and the cultural framing shows a notable WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) share. Country contributions point to an Anglosphere-centered backbone (USA n=11, UK n=8), with a secondary Nordic axis led by Sweden n=6 and Denmark n=5. The findings indicate that JCSR deepens theoretical debate while advancing mechanism-based explanations into practical and social domains, yielding a relatively coherent thematic ecology. From the perspective of the psychology of religion, this structure aligns with measurable counterparts such as conceptions of God and attributions of intention, emotion regulation and attention in ritual experience, and reputation and monitoring expectations in morality and cooperation; it may provide an applicable basis for experimental paradigms, and the theoretical frameworks systematized in JCSR may be used as references in research design decisions within the psychology of religion.

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Vural, M. E. (2026). Bilişsel Bilim ve Din: Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion Üzerine Bibliyometrik ve Tematik Bir İnceleme. Gümüşhane Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 15 Sayı: 29, 315–350. https://doi.org/10.53683/gifad.1791670

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