The faith instinct : how religion evolved and why it endures / Nicholas Wade.

  • Wade, Nicholas
Date:
2009
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How religion evolved and why it endures

Description

Draws on a broad range of scientific evidence to theorize an evolutionary basis for religion, considering how religion may have served as an essential component of early society survival and that the brain may be inherently inclined toward religious behavior.

Publication/Creation

New York : Penguin Press, 2009.

Physical description

310 pages ; 25 cm

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Contents

The nature of religion -- The moral instinct -- The evolution of religious behavior -- Music, dance and trance -- Ancestral religion -- The transformation -- The tree of religion -- Morality, trust and trade -- The ecology of religion -- Religion and warfare -- Religion and nation -- The future of religion.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-297) and index.

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    History of Medicine
    ZF /WAD
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781594202285
  • 1594202281