Are gods really moral monitors?: some comments on Ara Norenzayan's Big Gods by a historian of religions
The assumption that moral monitoring is a widespread function of gods is not well supported by historical documentation. The further thesis, that ideas about monitoring gods increase prosocial behavior and thereby the capacity of societies for survival, is implausible in view of the historical evide...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Religion |
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| Nebentitel: | Review Symposium on Ara Norenzayan: "Big Gods: how religion transformed cooperation and conflict" (2013) |
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch/Druck Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2014]
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Religion
Jahr: 2014, Band: 44, Heft: 4, Seiten: 667-673 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Norenzayan, Ara 1970-, Big gods
/ Gottesvorstellung
/ Moralisches Handeln
/ Kontrolle
/ Religion
/ Geschichte
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Religionswissenschaft AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The assumption that moral monitoring is a widespread function of gods is not well supported by historical documentation. The further thesis, that ideas about monitoring gods increase prosocial behavior and thereby the capacity of societies for survival, is implausible in view of the historical evidence about successful societies. |
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| ISSN: | 0048-721X |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2014.937074 |