Evolutionary accounts of belief in supernatural punishment: a critical review

Although largely unaddressed by evolutionary theory for more than a century after Darwin, over the last decade a wide range of adaptationist, byproduct, and memetic explanations have emerged for various recurrent features of religious belief and practice. One feature that has figured prominently in...

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Authors: Schloss, Jeffrey P. (Author) ; Murray, Michael J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2011
In: Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2011, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 46-99
Further subjects:B cheater punishment
B moralizing gods
B evolution of religion
B cognitive science of religion
B afterlife beliefs
B error management theory
B human cooperation
B supernatural punishment
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