In Gods We Trust
Download or Read eBook In Gods We Trust PDF written by Scott Atran and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-12-09 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Scott Atran |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 389 |
| Release | : 2004-12-09 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780198034056 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0198034059 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (56 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis In Gods We Trust by : Scott Atran
Book excerpt: This ambitious, interdisciplinary book seeks to explain the origins of religion using our knowledge of the evolution of cognition. A cognitive anthropologist and psychologist, Scott Atran argues that religion is a by-product of human evolution just as the cognitive intervention, cultural selection, and historical survival of religion is an accommodation of certain existential and moral elements that have evolved in the human condition.
