The Biological Evolution of Religious Mind and Behavior

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Voland, Eckart (Editor), Schiefenhövel, Wulf (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: The Frontiers Collection,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Religion.; Modern philosophy.; Religion > Philosophy.; Evolutionary biology.; Anthropology.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Modern Philosophy.; Philosophy of Religion.; Religious Studies, general.

In a Darwinian world, religious behavior - just like other behaviors - is likely to have undergone a process of natural selection in which it was rewarded in the evolutionary currency of reproductive success. This book aims to provide a better understanding of the social scenarios in which selection...