Religion, the social brain and the mystical stance
This article explores the implications of the social brain and the endorphin-based bonding mechanism that underpins it for the evolution of religion. I argue that religion evolved as one of the behavioural mechanisms designed to facilitate community bonding when humans first evolved the larger socia...
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SAGE Publishing
[2020]
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Archive for the psychology of religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 46-62 |
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Brain
/ Soziales Bedürfnis
/ Endorphins
/ Group
/ Size
/ Group behavior
/ Religion
/ Evolution
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion |
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