The Deep Roots of Mara and Mammon: The Implications of Evolutionary Psychology

If we want to address the problems created by Mara and Mammon, reviewing Buddhist and Christian views of our human condition is not sufficient: Both are Axial Age religions, based on profound cultural transformations that occurred in the Middle East, Greece, India, and China in the middle of the fir...

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Main Author: Loy, David 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Hawaii Press [2019]
In: Buddhist Christian studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 39, Pages: 227-239
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Axial Age / Cultural evolution / Religion / Buddhism / Christianity / Evolutionary psychology
IxTheo Classification:AA Study of religion
AE Psychology of religion
ZB Sociology
ZD Psychology
Further subjects:B individual salvation
B Cultural Evolution
B individual vs. group selection
B Evolutionary Psychology
B Nature vs. Nurture
B Altruism
B cosmological dualism
B Axial Age
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