Big Gods in review: introducing Ara Norenzayan and his critics

This essay introduces a review symposium on Ara Norenzayan's book Big Gods (2013). The essay reviews Norenzayan's earlier publications on religion, sums up the main points of criticism that have been put forward by the contributors, and raises some concerns about the questions to be asked...

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Subtitles:Review Symposium on Ara Norenzayan: "Big Gods: how religion transformed cooperation and conflict" (2013)
Main Author: Stausberg, Michael 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2014]
In: Religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 44, Issue: 4, Pages: 592-608
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Norenzayan, Ara 1970-, Big gods
RelBib Classification:AE Psychology of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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Summary:This essay introduces a review symposium on Ara Norenzayan's book Big Gods (2013). The essay reviews Norenzayan's earlier publications on religion, sums up the main points of criticism that have been put forward by the contributors, and raises some concerns about the questions to be asked about ‘religion.’
ISSN:0048-721X
Contains:Enthalten in: Religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2014.954353