Religion in human evolution : from the Paleolithic to the Axial Age /

Religion in human evolution : from the Paleolithic to the Axial Age /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Bellah, Robert N. (Robert Neelly), 1927-2013, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xxvii, 746 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Religion. Human evolution -- Religious aspects. Religion, Prehistoric. Theological anthropology. Ethnology -- Religious aspects. Religions. Ethnology -- Religious aspects. Human evolution -- Religious aspects. Religion. Religion, Prehistoric. Religions. Theological anthropology. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11121486

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ISBN:	9780674063099 0674063090 9780674061439 0674061438
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Examines the history of religion from early ancestors by using biology, cognitive science, and evolutionary psychology, and follows the expansion of religion.
Other form:	Print version: Bellah, Robert Neelly, 1927- Religion in human evolution. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011 9780674061439

Table of Contents:

Religion and reality
Religion and evolution
Tribal religion : the production of meaning
From tribal to archaic religion : meaning and power
Archaic religion : God and king
The Axial Age I : introduction and ancient Israel
The Axial Age II : ancient Greece
The Axial Age III : China in the late first millennium BCE
The Axial Age IV : ancient India
Conclusion.