Evolving brains, emerging gods : early humans and the origins of religion /

"Religions and mythologies from around the world teach that God or gods created humans. Atheist, humanist, and materialist critics, meanwhile, have attempted to turn theology on its head, claiming that religion is a human invention. In this book, E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscie...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Torrey, E. Fuller (Edwin Fuller), 1937- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Religion > Philosophy.
Anthropology of religion.
Brain > Evolution.
Religion.
Evolution (Biology)
Religion
Brain > physiology
Biological Evolution
Religion > Philosophie.
Anthropologie religieuse.
Évolution (Biologie)
anthropology of religion.
religion (discipline)
evolution.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
RELIGION > Essays.
RELIGION > Reference.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the brain, home of the gods
  • 1. Homo habilis : a smarter self
  • 2. Homo erectus : an aware self
  • 3. Archaic Homo sapiens (Neandertals) : an empathic self
  • 4. Early Homo sapiens : an introspective self
  • 5. Modern Homo sapiens : a temporal self
  • 6. Ancestors and agriculture : a spiritual self
  • 7. Governments and gods : a theistic self
  • 8. Other theories of the origins of gods
  • Appendix A: The evolution of the brain
  • Appendix B: Dreams as proof of the existence of a spirit world and land of the dead

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