The Emergence and Evolution of Religion: By Means of Natural Selection

chapter 1 Explaining the Origins and Evolution of Religions -- chapter 2 Types of Natural Selection Driving Religious Evolution: A Preliminary Review -- chapter 3 In the Beginning: The Evolution of Primates -- chapter 4 Darwinian Selection on the Hominin Brain I: Directional Selection on Pre-adaptat...

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Authors: Turner, Jonathan H. (Author) ; Geertz, Armin W. (Author) ; Maryanski, Alexandra (Author) ; Petersen, Anders Klostergaard (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: London Routledge 2018
In:Year: 2018
Edition:First edition.
Series/Journal:Evolutionary Analysis in the Social Sciences
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Religion / Rise of / Theory of evolution / Natural selection
Further subjects:B Religion and sociology
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Summary:chapter 1 Explaining the Origins and Evolution of Religions -- chapter 2 Types of Natural Selection Driving Religious Evolution: A Preliminary Review -- chapter 3 In the Beginning: The Evolution of Primates -- chapter 4 Darwinian Selection on the Hominin Brain I: Directional Selection on Pre-adaptations -- chapter 5 Darwinian Selection on the Hominin Brain II: Selection on Behavioral Propensities and Capacities -- chapter 6 The Profane Origins of the Sacred and Supernatural: Darwinian and Type-1 Spencerian Natural Selection -- chapter 7 Type-1 Spencerian Selection: The Early Institutionalization of Religion -- chapter 8 Durkheimian Selection: The Social Ecology of Religious Evolution -- chapter 9 Type-2 Spencerian Selection: The Geopolitics of Religious Evolution -- chapter 10 Marxian Selection: The Dynamics of Religious Conflict.
ISBN:1315111993
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.4324/9781315111995