Morality and the Gods

Benjamin Grant Purzycki (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

90 Seiten

2025
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-59872-9 (ISBN)

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The relationship between religion and morality has been a steadfast topic of inquiry since the dawn of the social sciences. This Element probes how the social sciences have addressed this relationship by detailing how theory and method have evolved over the past few generations. Sections 1 and 2 examine the historical roots of cross-cultural inquiry and Section 3 addresses the empirical tools developed to address cross-cultural patterns statistically. Sections 4-6 address how the contemporary evolutionary social sciences have been addressing the role religious cognition, behaviour, and beliefs play on moral conduct. By critically examining the tools and theories specifically developed to answer questions about the evolution of morality, society, and the gods, this Element shows that much of our current knowledge about this relationship has been significantly shaped by our cultural history as a field. It argues that the relationship between religion and morality is, despite considerable diversity in form, quite common around the world.

1. Introduction; 2. History and Ethnography; 3. Societal Typologies and the Quantification of Culture; 4. Cognition and Religion; 5. The Evolution of Religious Behaviour; 6. The Evolution of Religious Beliefs; 7. Conclusion; References.

Erscheinungsdatum	01.07.2025
Reihe/Serie	Elements in the Psychology of Religion
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	268 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-009-59872-4 / 1009598724
ISBN-13	978-1-009-59872-9 / 9781009598729
Zustand	Neuware