In gods we trust: the evolutionary landscape of religion/
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York:
Oxford University Press,
2002
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| Series: | Evolution and cognition
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: An evolutionary riddle
- Pt. 1: Evolutionary sources. The mindless agent: Evolutionary adaptations and by-products. God's creation: Evolutionary origins of the supernatural
- Pt. 2: Absurd commitments. Counterintuitive worlds: The mostly mundane nature of religious belief. The sense of sacrifice: Culture, communication, and commitment
- Pt. 3: Ritual passions. Ritual and revelation: The emotional mind. Waves of passion: The neuropsychology of religion
- Pt.4: Mindblind theories. Culture without mind: Sociobiology and group selection. The trouble with memes: inference versus imitation in cultural creation. Conclusion: Why religion seems here to stay.