The Supernatural And Natural Selection
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The Supernatural And Natural Selection
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Author : Lyle B. Steadman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
The Supernatural And Natural Selection written by Lyle B. Steadman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Psychology, Religious categories.
The Supernatural And Natural Selection
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Author : Lyle B. Steadman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008
The Supernatural And Natural Selection written by Lyle B. Steadman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Develops a fresh approach to religion and its role in human history. This work looks across a range of religious phenomena - from ancestor worship to totemism, shamanism, and worldwide modern religions - to offer an explanation of the evolutionary success of religious behaviors.
Natural Selection Versus Supernatural Design
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Author : John David Morris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Natural Selection Versus Supernatural Design written by John David Morris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Bible and evolution categories.
Supernatural Selection
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Author : Matt Rossano
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2010-06-08
Supernatural Selection written by Matt Rossano and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-08 with Psychology categories.
In 2006, scientist Richard Dawkins published a blockbuster bestseller, The God Delusion. This atheist manifesto sparked a furious reaction from believers, who have responded with numerous books of their own. By pitting science against religion, however, this debate overlooks what science can tell us about religion. According to evolutionary psychologist Matt J. Rossano, what science reveals is that religion made us human. In Supernatural Selection, Rossano presents an evolutionary history of religion. Neither an apologist for religion nor a religion-basher, he draws together evidence from a wide range of disciplines to show the valuable--even essential--adaptive purpose served by systematic belief in the supernatural. The roots of religion stretch as far back as half a million years, when our ancestors developed the motor control to engage in social rituals--that is, to sing and dance together. Then, about 70,000 years ago, a global ecological crisis drove humanity to the edge of extinction. It forced the survivors to create new strategies for survival, and religious rituals were foremost among them. Fundamentally, Rossano writes, religion is a way for humans to relate to each other and the world around them--and, in the grim struggles of prehistory, it offered significant survival and reproductive advantages. It emerged as our ancestors' first health care system, and a critical part of that health care system was social support. Religious groups tended to be far more cohesive, which gave them a competitive advantage over non-religious groups, and enabled them to conquer the globe. Rather than focusing on one aspect of religion, as many theorists do, Rossano offers an all-encompassing approach that is rich with surprises, insights, and provocative conclusions.
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.
Save Our Selves From Science Gone Wrong
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Author : Shaun Johnston
language : en
Publisher: Evolved Self Pub
Release Date : 2007-11-30
Save Our Selves From Science Gone Wrong written by Shaun Johnston and has been published by Evolved Self Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11-30 with Science categories.
This brisk and engaging manifesto reveals natural selection to be the flawed product of a science hobbled from birth by denial of the self. After pointing out a dozen dubious assumptions lying behind natural selection Johnston shows how sounder assumptions can lead to better theories. He ends by calling for popular opposition to natural selection and for scientists to come up with sounder mechanisms. Until then, he insists, no mechanism of evolution at all should be taught in the science classroom. This is no creationist tract. In his demonstration of how to arrive at new mechanisms Johnston conjures up a genome-self able to literally dream up new species, a mechanism much more corrosive of the supernatural than Darwinism. Mary Midgley, Gifford Lecture 1989-90, "Science As Salvation," and author of "Evolution as a Religion: Strange Hopes and Stranger Fears." "Shaun Johnston raises many fascinating questions, asking how it is that many scientists seem to find it so embarrassingly difficult to think about any sort of consciousness, especially their own, that they'd rather say it isn't there?... But they badly need to be pressed to roll up their sleeves and face it directly. So, all good wishes to Johnston as he pesters them to get over their scruples!" Robert G. B. Reid, Emeritus Professor of Biology at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, author of "Evolutionary Theory: The Unfinished Synthesis" and "Biological Emergences: Evolution by Natural Experiment." "In "Save Our Selves from Science Gone Wrong," Shaun Johnston presents selectionism as the science that has gone wrong, corrupting biology as well as pertinent aspects of sociology, philosophy, and the popular media. Such a strong voice deserves attention. Responding to the question "What do you put in its place?" Johnston begins with the consciousness of the individual self." John Horgan, author of "The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific Age." "Your take on Darwinism...is lively and provocative."
Divine Action And Natural Selection
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Author : Joseph Seckbach
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2009
Divine Action And Natural Selection written by Joseph Seckbach and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Science categories.
The debate between divine action, or faith, and natural selection, or science, is garnering tremendous interest. This book ventures well beyond the usual, contrasting American Protestant and atheistic points of view, and also includes the perspectives of Jews, Muslims, and Roman Catholics. It contains arguments from the various proponents of intelligent design, creationism, and Darwinism, and also covers the sensitive issue of how to incorporate evolution into the secondary school biology curriculum. Comprising contributions from prominent, award-winning authors, the book also contains dialogs following each chapter to provide extra stimulus to the readers and a full picture of this OC hotOCO topic, which delves into the fundamentals of science and religion."
Natural Selection Not Inconsistent With Natural Theology
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Author : Asa Gray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1861
Natural Selection Not Inconsistent With Natural Theology written by Asa Gray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1861 with Evolution categories.
Natural Selection Not Inconsistent With Natural Theology A Free Examination Of Darwin S Treatise On The Origin Of Species And Of Its American Reviewers Reprinted From The Atlantic Monthly Etc
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Author : Asa Gray
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1861
Natural Selection Not Inconsistent With Natural Theology A Free Examination Of Darwin S Treatise On The Origin Of Species And Of Its American Reviewers Reprinted From The Atlantic Monthly Etc written by Asa Gray and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1861 with categories.
On The Origin Of Societies By Natural Selection
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Author : Jonathan H. Turner
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-11-17
On The Origin Of Societies By Natural Selection 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 2015-11-17 with Social Science categories.
Kinship, religion, and economy were not "natural" to humans, nor to species of apes that had to survive on the African savanna. Society from its very beginnings involved an uneasy necessity that often stood in conflict with humans' ape ancestry; these tensions only grew along with later, more complex-eventually colossal-sociocultural systems. The ape in us was not extinguished, nor obviated, by culture; indeed, our ancestry continues to place pressures on individuals and their sociocultural creations. Not just an exercise in history, this pathbreaking book dispels many myths about the beginning of society to gain new understandings of the many pressures on societies today.