The Emergence and Evolution of Religion: By Means of Natural Selection

by Jonathan H. Turner, Alexandra Maryanski, Anders Klostergaard Petersen, et al.

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138080926
• ISBN13: 9781138080928
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"