“It Was Like That When I Came In”

David Sloan Wilson argues that religion has evolved in human beings as a group adaptation. Part of Wilson’s argument relies on an analysis of a randomized sample of religions that he selects from The Encyclopedia of Religion. One significant methodological problem with this strategy is that Wilson o...

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Main Author: Colborne, Nathan (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 28, Issue: 4/5, Pages: 512-529
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Wilson, David Sloan 1949- / Religion / Concept of
IxTheo Classification:AA Study of religion
AE Psychology of religion
Further subjects:B Evolution religion as adaptation definition of religion
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