‘ … for they know not what they do’?: religion, religions and ethics as conceptualized in Ara Norenzayan's "Big Gods: how Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict" (2013)
This contribution discusses the central argument in Norenzayan's Big Gods, that features of certain gods (and, especially, of God) as supernatural watchers, i.e., to be morally concerned, powerful, omniscient, and interventionist enabled individuals to cooperate more efficiently within their gr...
| Subtitles: | Review Symposium on Ara Norenzayan: "Big Gods: how religion transformed cooperation and conflict" (2013) |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2014]
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| In: |
Religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 44, Issue: 4, Pages: 649-657 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Norenzayan, Ara 1970-, Big gods
/ Idea of God
/ Moral act
/ Control
/ Society
/ Development
/ Buddhism
/ Atheism
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism |
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Volltext (doi) |