The Evolution of Religion, Religiosity and Theology (eBook, ePUB)

A Multi-Level and Multi-Disciplinary Approach
Redaktion: Feierman, Jay R.; Oviedo, Lluis

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book takes a multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary approach to religion, religiosity and theology from their earliest beginnings to the present day.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000704853
• Artikelnr.: 57932227

Inhaltsangabe

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