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Religion in human evolution : from the Paleolithic to the Axial Age
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Examines the history of religion from early ancestors by using biology, cognitive science, and evolutionary psychology, and follows the expansion of religion.
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- Creator
- Robert N. Bellah
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011
- Physical Details
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- xxvii, 746 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0674061438, 9780674063099, 9780674061439, 0674063090
- OCLC
- ocn696942410, ocn768123033
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Religion and reality -- Religion and evolution -- Tribal religion : the production of meaning -- From tribal to archaic religion : meaning and power -- Archaic religion : God and king -- The Axial Age I : introduction and ancient Israel -- The Axial Age II : ancient Greece -- The Axial Age III : China in the late first millennium BCE -- The Axial Age IV : ancient India -- Conclusion