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The Biology of Religious Behavior |
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The Evolutionary Origins of Faith and Religion |
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Edited by Jay R. Feierman |
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Imprint
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Praeger
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Publication Date |
06/2009 |
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Subject
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Religion
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301 |
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1 |
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6 1/8x9 1/4 |
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$49.95
£34.95 |
0-313-36430-3 |
978-0-313-36430-3 |
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0-313-36431-1 |
978-0-313-36431-0 |
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Description
Offers a fresh and detailed take on the evolution of religious behavior from a biobehavioral perspective, promoting a new understanding that may help build bridges across the religious divide.
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"The volume offers an exciting read, running the whole gamut from seriously empirical to wildly speculative. . . . it is an inspiring overview, combining valuable pearls of empirical and theoretical work with open-minded forays into possible paths of future inquiry. It is a strong testimonial to recent dynamics in the field of revolutionary religious studies. . . .Those interested in bringing the scientific study of religion beyond outdated, disciplinary stagnations are recommended to enter this fray!"
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"The essays are of such a high caliber and so free of wooden materialism that they are well positioned to invoke or provoke ongoing query . . . This is a textbook that I shall assign to my students because it gets so much right so many times . . . the focus on biology puts the theological questions on the side lines, as it must. For the philosophical theologian the focus is also on the ontological nature of the referent and on the complexities of the self - world correlation where genuine sacred folds perennially punctuate our encounters with the heart of nature."
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