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The Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Approaches to Religion
Taschenbuch von Yair Lior
Sprache: Englisch

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The past two decades have seen a growing interest in evolutionary and scientific approaches to religion. This is an outstanding reference source to these topics, debates and issues. This is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies, anthropology and related fields.
The past two decades have seen a growing interest in evolutionary and scientific approaches to religion. This is an outstanding reference source to these topics, debates and issues. This is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies, anthropology and related fields.
Über den Autor

Yair Lior is Doctor of Religious Studies at Boston University, USA, and a research associate at the Center for Mind and Culture (CMAC), Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Justin Lane is co-founder and CEO at CulturePulse Inc. (USA/Slovakia), Scientific Advisor at DEKK Institute (Bratislava, Slovakia), and collaborates as a researcher with the Slovak Academy of Science (Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction: Evolutionary Approaches to Religion
Yair Lior and Justin Lane

PART 1
Evolutionary Psychology

2 Introduction to Evolutionary Psychology
Justin Lane and Yair Lior

3 Child Development: The Effects of Ritual on Cognitive Development
Veronika Rybanska

4 Cognition and the History of Religion
Luther H. Martin

5 Evoked Culture: Cognitive Mechanisms of Religious Belief and Behavior
E. Thomas Lawson

6 Sacred Values: Identity Fusion, Devoted Actor Theory, and Extremism
Kayla Bonnin and Justin Lane

7 Sexual Selection: Long- term Mating Strategies and Religion
James A. Van Slyke

8 Minimally Counterintuitive Concepts: A Unified Theory in the Cognitive Science of Religion?
Muhammad Afzal Upal

9 Faces in Clouds and Voices in the Wind: Anthropomorphism, Agency Detection and Human Cognition Stewart E. Guthrie and Michaela Porubanova

10 Social Brain Hypothesis: Dunbar's Number and the Stability of Religious Social Networks
Michael J. Gantley, John P. McKeown and Ángel V. Jiménez

11 Atheism: A New Evolutionary Perspective on Non-Belief
Thomas J. Coleman, Kyle J. Messick, and Valerie van Mulukom

12 Personality and Psychology in the Evolution of Religion
Igor Miklouši¿ and Boris Mläi¿

13 Hazard Precaution: Examining the Possible Adaptive Value of Ritualized Behavior
Martin Lang and Radim Chvaja

PART 2
Cultural Evolution

14 Introduction to Cultural Evolution
Armin W. Geertz

15 Cultural Group Selection and the Evolution of Religion
Taylor Davis

16 Costly Signaling: The ABCs of Signaling Theory and Religion
Richard Sosis

17 Credibility Enhancing Displays (CREDs): When They Work and When They Don't
Hugh Turpin and Jonathan A. Lanman

18 Dual Inheritance Theory: Religion, Narrative, and Selection
Francesco Ferretti and Ines Adornetti

19 The Co- evolution of Religion and Literate Culture
Daniel Mullins

20 Religion and Prosociality: The Naturalization of Norms
Connor Wood

21 Big Gods Theory: The Cultural Evolution of Social Complexity and Prosocial Religions
Yair Lior

22 The Evolution of Ritual, Cognition, and Modes of Religiosity During the Agricultural Transition
Michael J. Gantley

23 Meme Theory
Justin Lane

24 Institutional Evolution: The Dynamics of Religious Formations
Jonathan H. Turner and Armin W. Geertz

25 Behavioral Ecology: Niche Construction and Religion
John Balch

PART 3
Synthetic Approaches

26 Synthetic Approaches: At the Intersection of Evolutionary Psychology and Cultural Evolution
Yair Lior and Justin Lane

27 Religion Emerges: The Evolution of Language and Religion
Paul Cassell

28 Cultural Cybernetics of Religion: Computation and Information Transmission in Religion
Justin Lane

29 Major Transitions in Cultural Evolution: A Dynamic Systems Approach
Yair Lior

30 Cultural Epidemiology: Attractors and Representations
Radu Umbre¿

31 Differentiating Processes of Biological, Cognitive, and Cultural Selection: Implications for the Adaptation/ Byproduct Debate
Lee Kirkpatrick

32 Synthesis and Explanatory Pluralism
Wesley J. Wildman and David Rohr

33 Concluding Reflections: An Evolutionary Approach to Comparative Religion
William E. Paden

Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Religion & Theologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781032324234
ISBN-10: 1032324236
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Lior, Yair
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de
Maße: 246 x 174 x 29 mm
Von/Mit: Yair Lior
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.05.2024
Gewicht: 0,953 kg
Artikel-ID: 128829250
Über den Autor

Yair Lior is Doctor of Religious Studies at Boston University, USA, and a research associate at the Center for Mind and Culture (CMAC), Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Justin Lane is co-founder and CEO at CulturePulse Inc. (USA/Slovakia), Scientific Advisor at DEKK Institute (Bratislava, Slovakia), and collaborates as a researcher with the Slovak Academy of Science (Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction: Evolutionary Approaches to Religion
Yair Lior and Justin Lane

PART 1
Evolutionary Psychology

2 Introduction to Evolutionary Psychology
Justin Lane and Yair Lior

3 Child Development: The Effects of Ritual on Cognitive Development
Veronika Rybanska

4 Cognition and the History of Religion
Luther H. Martin

5 Evoked Culture: Cognitive Mechanisms of Religious Belief and Behavior
E. Thomas Lawson

6 Sacred Values: Identity Fusion, Devoted Actor Theory, and Extremism
Kayla Bonnin and Justin Lane

7 Sexual Selection: Long- term Mating Strategies and Religion
James A. Van Slyke

8 Minimally Counterintuitive Concepts: A Unified Theory in the Cognitive Science of Religion?
Muhammad Afzal Upal

9 Faces in Clouds and Voices in the Wind: Anthropomorphism, Agency Detection and Human Cognition Stewart E. Guthrie and Michaela Porubanova

10 Social Brain Hypothesis: Dunbar's Number and the Stability of Religious Social Networks
Michael J. Gantley, John P. McKeown and Ángel V. Jiménez

11 Atheism: A New Evolutionary Perspective on Non-Belief
Thomas J. Coleman, Kyle J. Messick, and Valerie van Mulukom

12 Personality and Psychology in the Evolution of Religion
Igor Miklouši¿ and Boris Mläi¿

13 Hazard Precaution: Examining the Possible Adaptive Value of Ritualized Behavior
Martin Lang and Radim Chvaja

PART 2
Cultural Evolution

14 Introduction to Cultural Evolution
Armin W. Geertz

15 Cultural Group Selection and the Evolution of Religion
Taylor Davis

16 Costly Signaling: The ABCs of Signaling Theory and Religion
Richard Sosis

17 Credibility Enhancing Displays (CREDs): When They Work and When They Don't
Hugh Turpin and Jonathan A. Lanman

18 Dual Inheritance Theory: Religion, Narrative, and Selection
Francesco Ferretti and Ines Adornetti

19 The Co- evolution of Religion and Literate Culture
Daniel Mullins

20 Religion and Prosociality: The Naturalization of Norms
Connor Wood

21 Big Gods Theory: The Cultural Evolution of Social Complexity and Prosocial Religions
Yair Lior

22 The Evolution of Ritual, Cognition, and Modes of Religiosity During the Agricultural Transition
Michael J. Gantley

23 Meme Theory
Justin Lane

24 Institutional Evolution: The Dynamics of Religious Formations
Jonathan H. Turner and Armin W. Geertz

25 Behavioral Ecology: Niche Construction and Religion
John Balch

PART 3
Synthetic Approaches

26 Synthetic Approaches: At the Intersection of Evolutionary Psychology and Cultural Evolution
Yair Lior and Justin Lane

27 Religion Emerges: The Evolution of Language and Religion
Paul Cassell

28 Cultural Cybernetics of Religion: Computation and Information Transmission in Religion
Justin Lane

29 Major Transitions in Cultural Evolution: A Dynamic Systems Approach
Yair Lior

30 Cultural Epidemiology: Attractors and Representations
Radu Umbre¿

31 Differentiating Processes of Biological, Cognitive, and Cultural Selection: Implications for the Adaptation/ Byproduct Debate
Lee Kirkpatrick

32 Synthesis and Explanatory Pluralism
Wesley J. Wildman and David Rohr

33 Concluding Reflections: An Evolutionary Approach to Comparative Religion
William E. Paden

Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Religion & Theologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781032324234
ISBN-10: 1032324236
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Lior, Yair
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Books on Demand GmbH, In de Tarpen 42, D-22848 Norderstedt, info@bod.de
Maße: 246 x 174 x 29 mm
Von/Mit: Yair Lior
Erscheinungsdatum: 27.05.2024
Gewicht: 0,953 kg
Artikel-ID: 128829250
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