Is history important for a historical argument in religious studies?
This review article addresses the historical argument of Norenzayan's Big Gods. It questions the claim that there is enough historical evidence to support the thesis that gods, who are observing human behaviour from high, enable societies to grow beyond the stage of face-to-face groups.
| Subtitles: | Review Symposium on Ara Norenzayan: "Big Gods: how religion transformed cooperation and conflict" (2013) |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2014]
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| In: |
Religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 44, Issue: 4, Pages: 645-648 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Norenzayan, Ara 1970-, Big gods
/ Society
/ Development
/ Idea of God
/ Historical consciousness
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BB Indigenous religions BG World religions |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (doi) |
| Rights Information: | InC 1.0 |
| Summary: | This review article addresses the historical argument of Norenzayan's Big Gods. It questions the claim that there is enough historical evidence to support the thesis that gods, who are observing human behaviour from high, enable societies to grow beyond the stage of face-to-face groups. |
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| ISSN: | 0048-721X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2014.939363 |