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Darwin's cathedral : evolution, religion, and the nature of society /

"From Calvinism in sixteenth-century Geneva to Balinese water temples, from hunter-gatherer societies to urban America, Wilson demonstrates how religions have enabled people to achieve by collective action what they never could do alone. He also includes a chapter considering forgiveness from a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wilson, David Sloan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2002]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • ch. 1. The view from evolutionary biology
  • ch. 2. The view from the social sciences
  • ch. 3. Calvinism : an argument from design
  • ch. 4. The secular utility of religion : historical examples
  • ch. 5. The secular utility of religion : the modern literature
  • ch. 6. Forgiveness as a complex adaptation
  • ch. 7. Unifying systems.