The Evolution of Religion Religiosity and Theology A Multi Level and Multi Disciplinary Approach 1st Edition by Jay R Feierman, Lluis Oviedo ISBN 0429285604 9780429285608

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ISBN 10: 0429285604

ISBN 13: 9780429285608 

Author: Jay R. Feierman, Lluis Oviedo 

This book takes a multi-dimensional and multi-disciplinary approach to religion, religiosity and theology from their earliest beginnings to the present day. It uniquely brings together the natural sciences and theology to explore how religious practice emerged and developed through the four sections into which the book is organized: Evolutionary biology; Philosophical linguistics, psychology and neuroscience; Theology and Anthropology.

The volume features an international panel of contributors who develop an innovative picture of religion as a culturally-created social institution; religiosity as a more personal and subjective anthropological element of people expressed through religion; and theology as the study of god. To survive in changing times, living systems — a good characterization of religion, religiosity and theology — all must adaptively evolve.

This is a vital study of a rapidly burgeoning field. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars in religious studies and theology as well as in the psychological, sociological, and anthropological study of religion.

Table of contents:

Introduction
A Multilevel and Multidisciplinary Approach to Understanding Religion and Its Evolution

Part 1 Evolutionary Biology
Chapter 1 Cultural Evolution, Biology and the Case of Religion
Chapter 2 The Evolutionary Biology of Religion-Specific Beliefs and Interreligious Conflict
Chapter 3 Sex and the Evolution of Spirituality
Chapter 4 The Biological Basis for Religion and Religion’s Evolutionary Origins

Part 2 Philosophy of Language, Psychology and Neuroscience
Chapter 5 A History of the Evolution of Religion: From Religion to Religiosity to the Processes of Believing
Chapter 6 The Processes of Believing in Religion’s Evolution: A Cognitive Neuroscience Hypothesis
Chapter 7 Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences in Sensing the Divine: One Foundational Role in Religion’s Evolution
Chapter 8 Awe as a Meaning-Making Emotion: On the Evolution of Awe and the Origin of Religions
Chapter 9 Whence This Need for Salvation? Childhood Corporal Punishment and the Cultural Evolution of Religious Myth

Part 3 Theology
Chapter 10 What a Theological Appropriation of Cognitive Linguistics’ Blending Theory Brings to a Scientific Understanding of the Evolution of Religion
Chapter 11 The Evolution of Religiosity: A Theologian’s View
Chapter 12 Neoteny and Homo Religiosus: Brain Evolution and Emergence of the Capacity for Spirituality
Chapter 13 Emotions and the Evolution of the Belief in God

Part 4 Anthropology
Chapter 14 The Evolution of Hunter-Gatherer Religion: Issues and Debates among the San of Southern Africa
Chapter 15 Bones, Pigments, Art and Symbols: Archaeological Evidence for the Origins of Religion
Chapter 16 Every Kingdom Divided Against Itself: The Evolution of Christianity

Conclusion

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