bookMedical Entomology and ZoologyJan 1, 2002Closed access

In Gods We Trust: The Evolutionary Landscape of Religion

SAScott Atran

Abstract

Introduction

An Evolutionary Riddle Part 1: Evolutionary Sources 2. The Mindless Agent: Evolutionary Adaptations and By-Products 3. God's Creation: Evolutionary Origins of the Supernatural Part 2: Absurd Commitments 4. Counterintuitive Worlds: The Most Mundane Nature of Religious Belief 5. The Sense of Sacrifice: Culture, Communication, and Commitment Part 3: Ritual Passions 6. Ritual and Relevation: The Emotional Mind 7. Waves of Passion: The Neuropsychology of Vision Part 4: Mindblind Theories 8. Culture without Mind: Sociobiology and Group Selection 9. The Trouble with Memes: Inference versus Imitation in Cultural Creation 10.

Conclusion

Why Religion Seems Here to Stay

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Keywords
  • Passions
  • Evolutionary psychology
  • Sociobiology
  • Passion
  • Imitation
  • Counterintuitive
  • Epistemology
  • Sacrifice
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