Evolution of religion: Why do religions change?
Religions focus on the changeless, yet Japanese Buddhism bears little resemblance to the religion founded by Siddartha Gautama. Why do religions change? It is a paradox of history that religions, those...
View ArticleEvolutionary Psychology: Key concepts for the evolution of religion
Bizarre though it may seem, phrenology wasn’t all that far off in one respect at least: the brain has specific domains. The next approach to the evolution of religion under investigation is...
View ArticleEvolutionary Psychology: Application to the evolution of religion
The way our mind evolved in prehistorical times affects how we approach religion and culture now. Drawing on the key concepts of evolutionary psychology discussed last time, we now look at the...
View ArticleConclusion: Design features of an adequate method for the evolution of religion
In the end, what is needed to study the evolution of religion? Having explored a number of methodological approaches to the evolution of religion, including sociobiology, behavioral ecology, memetics,...
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