Science and religious anthropology a spiritually evocative naturalist interpretation of human life

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Wildman, Wesley J., 1961- autor (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Company [2009]
Colección:Ashgate science and religion series
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminaries
  • Inquiry
  • Religious anthropology and disciplinary stakeholders
  • Cooperation between disciplinary stakeholders
  • The very idea of Homo religiosus
  • Naturalism
  • Defining religious naturalism
  • The meaning of naturalism in this project
  • The pragmatic epistemology of inquiry
  • Perspectives
  • Evolution
  • Evolutionary challenges to traditional religious anthropology
  • Evolutionary status of religion
  • Religion as an evolutionary byproduct
  • Conclusion: Homo religiosus and evolution
  • Groups
  • Social dynamics of religion
  • Evolutionary functions of corporate religiousness
  • Explaining strange behavior
  • Conclusion: Homo religiosus and groups
  • Brains
  • Religion and supernatural beliefs
  • Cognitive error and religion
  • Transformation of beliefs and behavior
  • Conclusion: Homo religiosus and brains
  • Bodies
  • Bodies and sociality
  • Bodies and morality
  • Bodies and religious experiences
  • Conclusion: Homo religiosus and bodies
  • Sex
  • Sex types and gender rolesu
  • Male dominance
  • Intimacy, sensuality, fantasy
  • Conclusion: Homo religiosus and sex
  • Habitat
  • Environment and ecosystem habitat
  • Technology and engineered habitat
  • Symbols and value habitat
  • Conclusion: Homo religiosus and habitat
  • Findings
  • Homo religiosus
  • Homo religiosus : a synthetic portrayal
  • The standing of alternative interpretations
  • Religious anthropology, past and future