The Emergence And Evolution Of Religion
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The Emergence And Evolution Of Religion
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Author : Jonathan H. Turner
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-08-10
The Emergence And Evolution Of Religion written by Jonathan H. Turner and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-10 with Social Science categories.
Written by leading theorists and empirical researchers, this book presents new ways of addressing the old question: Why did religion first emerge and then continue to evolve in all human societies? The authors of the book—each with a different background across the social sciences and humanities—assimilate conceptual leads and empirical findings from anthropology, evolutionary biology, evolutionary sociology, neurology, primate behavioral studies, explanations of human interaction and group dynamics, and a wide range of religious scholarship to construct a deeper and more powerful explanation of the origins and subsequent evolutionary development of religions than can currently be found in what is now vast literature. While explaining religion has been a central question in many disciplines for a long time, this book draws upon a much wider array of literature to develop a robust and cross-disciplinary analysis of religion. The book remains true to its subtitle by emphasizing an array of both biological and sociocultural forms of selection dynamics that are fundamental to explaining religion as a universal institution in human societies. In addition to Darwinian selection, which can explain the biology and neurology of religion, the book outlines a set of four additional types of sociocultural natural selection that can fill out the explanation of why religion first emerged as an institutional system in human societies, and why it has continued to evolve over the last 300,000 years of societal evolution. These sociocultural forms of natural selection are labeled by the names of the early sociologists who first emphasized them, and they can be seen as a necessary supplement to the type of natural selection theorized by Charles Darwin. Explanations of religion that remain in the shadow cast by Darwin’s great insights will, it is argued, remain narrow and incomplete when explaining a robust sociocultural phenomenon like religion.
The Emergence Of Religion In Human Evolution
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Author : Margaret Boone Rappaport
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-12-09
The Emergence Of Religion In Human Evolution written by Margaret Boone Rappaport and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-09 with Religion categories.
Religious capacity is a highly elaborate, neurocognitive human trait that has a solid evolutionary foundation. This book uses a multidisciplinary approach to describe millions of years of biological innovations that eventually give rise to the modern trait and its varied expression in humanity’s many religions. The authors present a scientific model and a central thesis that the brain organs, networks, and capacities that allowed humans to survive physically also gave our species the ability to create theologies, find sustenance in religious practice, and use religion to support the social group. Yet, the trait of religious capacity remains non-obligatory, like reading and mathematics. The individual can choose not to use it. The approach relies on research findings in nine disciplines, including the work of countless neuroscientists, paleoneurologists, archaeologists, cognitive scientists, and psychologists. This is a cutting-edge examination of the evolutionary origins of humanity’s interaction with the supernatural. It will be of keen interest to academics working in Religious Studies, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Anthropology, Evolutionary Biology, and Psychology.
The Origin And Evolution Of Religion Routledge Revivals
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Author : Albert Churchward
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-06-03
The Origin And Evolution Of Religion Routledge Revivals written by Albert Churchward and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-03 with Religion categories.
Churchward’s The Origin and Evolution of Religion, first published in 1924, explores the history and development of different religions worldwide, from the religious cults of magic and fetishism to contemporary religions such as Christianity and Islam. This text is ideal for students of theology.
The Origin And Evolution Of Religion
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Author : Albert Churchward
language : en
Publisher: African Islamic Mission Publications
Release Date : 1924-01-01
The Origin And Evolution Of Religion written by Albert Churchward and has been published by African Islamic Mission Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1924-01-01 with Religions categories.
Origin And Evolution Of Religion
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Author : Edward Washburn Hopkins
language : en
Publisher: New York : Cooper Square Publishers
Release Date : 1969
Origin And Evolution Of Religion written by Edward Washburn Hopkins and has been published by New York : Cooper Square Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Folklore categories.
Religion In Human Evolution
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Author : Robert N. Bellah
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2011-09-15
Religion In Human Evolution written by Robert N. Bellah and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-15 with Religion categories.
This ambitious book probes our biological past to discover the kinds of lives that human beings have imagined were worth living. Bellah’s theory goes deep into cultural and genetic evolution to identify a range of capacities (communal dancing, storytelling, theorizing) whose emergence made religious development possible in the first millennium BCE.
The Origin And Evolution Of Religion
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Author : E. Washburn Hopkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-10
The Origin And Evolution Of Religion written by E. Washburn Hopkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10 with categories.
This is a new release of the original 1923 edition.
History Of Religion
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Author : Allan Menzies
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2019-11-22
History Of Religion written by Allan Menzies and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-22 with Religion categories.
In "History of Religion" Allan Menzies provides an overview of the development of religious beliefs and practices throughout human history. Starting with primitive religions, Menzies examines the evolution of religion and the emergence of major world religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Menzies also explores the influence of religion on culture, politics, and social organization. With its broad scope and detailed analysis, "History of Religion" is an important work for anyone interested in the study of religion and its impact on society.
The Re Emergence Of Emergence
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Author : Philip Clayton
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2006-06-30
The Re Emergence Of Emergence written by Philip Clayton and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-30 with Religion categories.
Much of the modern period was dominated by a `reductionist' theory of science. On this view, to explain any event in the world is to reduce it down to fundamental particles, laws, and forces. In recent years reductionism has been dramatically challenged by a radically new paradigm called `emergence'. According to this new theory, natural history reveals the continuous emergence of novel phenomena: new structures and new organisms with new causal powers. Consciousness is yet one more emergent level in the natural hierarchy. Many theologians and religious scholars believe that this new paradigm may offer new insights into the nature of God and God's relation to the world. This volume introduces readers to emergence theory, outlines the major arguments in its defence, and summarizes the most powerful objections against it. Written by experts but suitable as an introductory text, these essays provide the best available presentation of this exciting new field and its potentially momentous implications.
Origin And Evolution Of Religion
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Author : Albert Churchward
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992-01-01
Origin And Evolution Of Religion written by Albert Churchward and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-01-01 with Religion categories.