The Roots of Religion: Exploring the Cognitive Science of Religion - Paperbackby Roger Trigg (Editor), Justin L. Barrett (Editor) The cognitive science of religion is a new discipline that looks at the roots of religious belief in the cognitive architecture of the human mind. The Roots of Religion deals with the philosophical and theological implications of the cognitive science of religion which grounds religious belief in human cognitive structures: religious belief is 'natural', in a way that even scientific thought is not.