An Evolutionary Explanation for Change in Religious Institutions
Many attempts have been made to explain the rise of religious phenomena based on evolutionary models, which attempt to account for the way in which religion can constitute a useful system to increase the fitness of both the individual and the group. These models implicitly mean that beliefs are simp...
Subtitles: | Special Issue - Evolutionary Research on Morality and Theological Ethics |
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2020]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 12, Issue: 3, Pages: 75-100 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religious institution
/ Religious change
/ Theory of evolution
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RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CH Christianity and Society KDB Roman Catholic Church |
Further subjects: | B
Cavalli Sforza
B Evolution and Religion B Pope Francis B Cultural Evolution B Catholic Beliefs |
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