This extraordinarily ambitious and comprehensive book demonstrates how evolutionary theory can yield new insight into the development of organized religion. Lance Grande examines the growth and diversification of hundreds of religions over time, highlighting their historical interrelationships.
This extraordinarily ambitious and comprehensive book demonstrates how evolutionary theory can yield new insight into the development of organized religion. Lance Grande examines the growth and diversification of hundreds of religions over time, highlighting their historical interrelationships.
Preface: A Modern Evolutionary Approach to History of Religion Studies Introductory Section: Applying Evolutionary Theory and Philosophy to Aspects of Human Culture 1. Religions, Classification, and Phylogenetic Pattern 2. Explaining Hypothetical Patterns with Evolutionary Process Theory Main Section: The Historical Diversification (Evolution) of Religions 3. Early Supernaturalism and the Development of Organized Religion 4. Indigenous Eastern Organized Religion and Asian Cyclicism 5. Afro-Euro-Mediterranean Organized Religion, Beginning with Old World Hard Polytheism 6. Linear Monotheism 7. The Early Diversification of Abrahamic Monotheism 8. Traditional Christianity 9. Reformation Christianity 10. Biblical Demiurgism: A Subgroup of "Gnosticism" 11. Islam Summary Section: Four Historical Trends in the Evolution of Religions and Considerations for the Future of Humanity 12. Organized Religions and the Evolution of Human Society Acknowledgments Glossary of Select Terms Notes Chapter Citations References Figure Credits Subject Index
Preface: A Modern Evolutionary Approach to History of Religion Studies Introductory Section: Applying Evolutionary Theory and Philosophy to Aspects of Human Culture 1. Religions, Classification, and Phylogenetic Pattern 2. Explaining Hypothetical Patterns with Evolutionary Process Theory Main Section: The Historical Diversification (Evolution) of Religions 3. Early Supernaturalism and the Development of Organized Religion 4. Indigenous Eastern Organized Religion and Asian Cyclicism 5. Afro-Euro-Mediterranean Organized Religion, Beginning with Old World Hard Polytheism 6. Linear Monotheism 7. The Early Diversification of Abrahamic Monotheism 8. Traditional Christianity 9. Reformation Christianity 10. Biblical Demiurgism: A Subgroup of "Gnosticism" 11. Islam Summary Section: Four Historical Trends in the Evolution of Religions and Considerations for the Future of Humanity 12. Organized Religions and the Evolution of Human Society Acknowledgments Glossary of Select Terms Notes Chapter Citations References Figure Credits Subject Index
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