Big Gods, socio-cultural evolution and the non-obvious merits of a sociological interpretation
Much of the recent, renewed interest in the cultural evolution of religion has been driven by findings in experimental and cognitive psychology, and, as a result of disciplinary boundaries, sociologists have engaged very little with this new data and theory. In order to bring sociology formally back...
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Religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 50, Issue: 4, Pages: 570-589 |
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Norenzayan, Ara 1970-, Big gods
/ Religion
/ Monotheism
/ Rise of
/ Social norms
/ Cultural evolution
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Cultural Evolution
B Sociology B current debates in religious studies B theory and metatheory |
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