The Problem with Too Much Fidelity to the Modern Synthesis When Explaining the Origins and Evolution of the Social Universe

Religion emerged as a cognitive capacity and behavioral propensity by virtue of Darwinian natural selection on hominins and then humans to become more social and group oriented. The capacity to be religious is only a modest extension of the Darwinian selection on cognitive, emotional, and interperso...

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Subtitles:Special Issue on Evolutionary Theories of Religion
Main Author: Turner, Jonathan H. 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. [2016]
In: Journal for the cognitive science of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 81-90
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Cultural evolution / Religious sociology / Kognitive Religionswissenschaft
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AE Psychology of religion
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