In Gods We Trust

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In Gods We Trust

The Evolutionary Landscape of Religion

Philosophical traditions and schools of thought Philosophy of religion Philosophy of science

Author: Scott Atran

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Collection: Evolution and Cognition

Language: English

Published by: Oxford University Press

Published on: 9th December 2004

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 5 Mb

ISBN: 9780199884346


Book Overview

This ambitious, interdisciplinary book seeks to explain the origins of religion using our knowledge of the evolution of cognition. A cognitive anthropologist and psychologist, Scott Atran argues that religion is a by-product of human evolution just as the cognitive intervention, cultural selection, and historical survival of religion is an accommodation of certain existential and moral elements that have evolved in the human condition.

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