This book takes a multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary approach to religion, religiosity and theology from their earliest beginnings to the present day.
This book takes a multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary approach to religion, religiosity and theology from their earliest beginnings to the present day.
Preface; List of contributors; Introduction: A Multi-Level and Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Understanding Religion and Its Evolution- Lluis Oviedo; Part I EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; 1 Cultural Evolution, Biology, and the Case of Religion-Hansgörg Hemming; 2 The Evolutionary Biology of Religion Specific Beliefs and Inter-Religious Conflict- Jay R. Feierman; 3 Sex and the Evolution of Spirituality-Daniel Cohen; 4 The Biological Basis for Religion and Religion's Evolutionary Origins-Donald Broom; Part II PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE, PSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE; 5 A History of the Evolution of Religion: From Religion to Religiosity to the Processes of Believing-Hans-Ferdinand Angel; 6 The Processes of Believing in Religion's Evolution: A Cognitive Neuroscience Hypothesis-Rüdiger J. Seitz; 7 Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences in Sensing the Divine: One Foundational Role in Religion's Evolution-Michael N. Marsh; 8 Awe as a Meaning-Making Emotion: On the Evolution of Awe and the Origin of Religions-Elliott Ihm, Jonathan Schooler, Michael van Elk and Ray Paloutzian ; 9 Whence this Need for Salvation? Childhood Corporal Punishment and the Cultural Evolution of Religious Myth-Benjamin Abelow; Part III THEOLOGY; 10 What a Theological Appropriation of Cognitive Linguistics' Blending Theory Brings to a Scientific Understanding of the Evolution of Religion-Robert Masson; 11 The Evolution of Religiosity: A Theologian's View-Christopher C. Knight; 12 Neoteny and Homo religiosus: Brain Evolution and the Emergence of the Capacity for Spirituality- William Ulwelling; 13 Emotions and the Evolution of the Belief in God- Christian Early; Part IV ANTHROPOLOGY; 14 The Evolution of Hunter-Gather Religion: Issues and Debates among the San Bushmen of Southern Africa- Robert Hitchcock; 15 Bones, Pigments, Art and Symbols: Archaeological Evidence for the Origins of Religion- Anne Solomon; 16 Every Kingdom Divided Against Itself: Moral Laws and the Persecution of Christians in the Evolution of Christianity-Laura Betzig; CONCLUSION Jay R. Feierman and Lluis Oviedo
Preface; List of contributors; Introduction: A Multi-Level and Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Understanding Religion and Its Evolution- Lluis Oviedo; Part I EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; 1 Cultural Evolution, Biology, and the Case of Religion-Hansgörg Hemming; 2 The Evolutionary Biology of Religion Specific Beliefs and Inter-Religious Conflict- Jay R. Feierman; 3 Sex and the Evolution of Spirituality-Daniel Cohen; 4 The Biological Basis for Religion and Religion's Evolutionary Origins-Donald Broom; Part II PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE, PSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE; 5 A History of the Evolution of Religion: From Religion to Religiosity to the Processes of Believing-Hans-Ferdinand Angel; 6 The Processes of Believing in Religion's Evolution: A Cognitive Neuroscience Hypothesis-Rüdiger J. Seitz; 7 Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences in Sensing the Divine: One Foundational Role in Religion's Evolution-Michael N. Marsh; 8 Awe as a Meaning-Making Emotion: On the Evolution of Awe and the Origin of Religions-Elliott Ihm, Jonathan Schooler, Michael van Elk and Ray Paloutzian ; 9 Whence this Need for Salvation? Childhood Corporal Punishment and the Cultural Evolution of Religious Myth-Benjamin Abelow; Part III THEOLOGY; 10 What a Theological Appropriation of Cognitive Linguistics' Blending Theory Brings to a Scientific Understanding of the Evolution of Religion-Robert Masson; 11 The Evolution of Religiosity: A Theologian's View-Christopher C. Knight; 12 Neoteny and Homo religiosus: Brain Evolution and the Emergence of the Capacity for Spirituality- William Ulwelling; 13 Emotions and the Evolution of the Belief in God- Christian Early; Part IV ANTHROPOLOGY; 14 The Evolution of Hunter-Gather Religion: Issues and Debates among the San Bushmen of Southern Africa- Robert Hitchcock; 15 Bones, Pigments, Art and Symbols: Archaeological Evidence for the Origins of Religion- Anne Solomon; 16 Every Kingdom Divided Against Itself: Moral Laws and the Persecution of Christians in the Evolution of Christianity-Laura Betzig; CONCLUSION Jay R. Feierman and Lluis Oviedo
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Shop der buecher.de GmbH & Co. KG Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg Amtsgericht Augsburg HRA 13309
