King, B: Evolving God A Provocative View on the Origins of Religion
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
21.04.2017
Verlag
University of Chicago Pr.Seitenzahl
304
Maße (L/B/H)
22.8/15.1/1.8 cm
Gewicht
425 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-226-36089-8
Where does religion come from? Evolving God examines the origins of religion in prehistory and how the evolution of primates gave rise to behaviors that we identify as spiritual. As a biological anthropologist, King has studied monkey and ape behavior in Africa and approaches the topic from her observations of individuals and their connections to each other and to their larger group. Researchers have reported reconciliation behavior, rituals, and meaning-making among apes. King suggests a religious imagination emerged out of a sense of belonging to a group and cognitive empathy. She presents a wide array of examples drawn from archeology, biology, and anthropology from prehistoric hominids to the first evidence of human religion. The overviews of the historical record and opposing positions about the origins of religion are a very useful introduction to evolution and religion in prehistory. This Second Edition includes a 25-page Afterword on recent studies relating to King s work and how her own ideas have evolved."
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