James R. Liddle, Todd K. Shackelford

The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Religion (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Religion offers a comprehensive and compelling review of research in religious beliefs and practices from an evolutionary perspective on human psychology. The chapters, written by renowned experts on human behavior and religion, explore a number of subtopics within one of three themes: (1) the psychological mechanisms of religion, (2) evolutionary perspectives on the functionality of religion, and (3) evolutionary perspectives on religion and group living. This handbook unites the theoretical and empirical work of leading scholars in the evolutionary, cognitive, and anthropological sciences to produce an extensive and authoritative review of this literature. Its interdisciplinary approach makes it an important resource for a broad spectrum of researchers, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates who are interested in studying the factors and mechanisms that underlie and/or affect religious beliefs and behaviors.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 576
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197555231
• Artikelnr.: 60992696

Autorenporträt

James R. Liddle is a technical writer with 11 years of professional writing experience. He received a Master of Arts degree in Experimental Psychology, specializing in evolutionary psychology, from Florida Atlantic University in 2014. His primary areas of interest and expertise are the evolution of religious beliefs/behaviors and teaching evolutionary psychology. Todd K. Shackelford is Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan., where he is Co-Director of the Evolutionary Psychology Lab. He received his Ph.D. in evolutionary psychology in 1997 from the University of Texas at Austin. Much of Dr. Shackelford's research addresses sexual conflict between men and women, with a special focus on men's physical, emotional, and sexual violence against their intimate partners.

Inhaltsangabe

* 1. An Introduction to Evolutionary Perspectives on Religion
* James R. Liddle and Todd K. Shackelford
* 2. Mickey, Yahweh, and Zeus: Why Cultural Learning Is Essential for
the
* Evolutionary Study of Religion
* Will M. Gervais
* 3. The Diversity of Religious Systems across History: An Evolutionary
* Cognitive Approach
* Pascal Boyer and Nicolas Baumard
* 4. Religion as Anthropomorphism: A Cognitive Theory
* Stewart Elliott Guthrie
* 5. Evolutionary Developmental Psychology of Children's Religious
* Beliefs
* Tyler S. Greenway and Justin L. Barrett
* 6. Belief, Ritual, and the Evolution of Religion
* Matt J. Rossano, Benjamin Vandewalle
* 7. Adolescence and Religion: An Evolutionary Perspective
* Candace S. Alcorta
* 8. Religion and Morality: The Evolution of the Cognitive Nexus
* John Teehan
* 9. The Kin Selection of Religion
* Bernard Crespi
* 10. The Coevolution of Religious Belief and Intuitive Cognitive Style
via
* Individual-Level Selection
* Michael N. Stagnaro and David G. Rand
* 11. The Early Origin of Religion: Its Role as a Survival Kit
* Kenneth Kardong
* 12. The Elephant in the Pews: Reproductive Strategy and Religiosity
* Jason Weeden, Robert Kurzban, and Douglas T. Kenrick
* 13. Religion: An Evolutionary Evoked Disease-Avoidance Strategy
* John A. Terrizzi Jr. and Natalie J. Shook
* 14. Religion as a Means of Perceived Security: Testing the Secure
Society
* Theory
* James R. Liddle
* 15. Charismatic Signaling: How Religion Stabilizes Cooperation and
* Entrenches Inequality
* John H. Shaver, Gloria Fraser, and Joseph Bulbulia
* 16. The Evolution of Religion and Morality
* Azim Shariff and Brett Mercier
* 17. The Roots of Intergroup Conflict and the Co-optation of the
Religious
* System: An Evolutionary Perspective on Religious Terrorism
* Jordan Kiper and Richard Sosis
* 18. Selected to Kill in His Name: Evolutionary Perspectives on
Religiously
* Motivated Violence
* Yael Sela and Nicole Barbaro
* 19. Supernatural Beliefs and the Evolution of Cooperation
* Pierrick Bourrat and Hugo Viciana
* 20. A Socio-Evolutionary Approach to Religious Change
* Ryan T. Cragun and J. E. Sumerau
* 21. The Evolution and Exploitation of Transcendence
* Gregory Gorelik
* 22. Challenges to an Evolutionary Perspective on Religion
* Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi
* Index