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In the name of God : the evolutionary origins of religious ethics and violence / John Teehan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Teehan, John, author.
- Series:
- Blackwell public philosophy.
- Blackwell public philosophy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religious ethics.
- Violence--Religious aspects.
- Violence.
- Psychology, Religious.
- Evolutionary psychology.
- Cognitive psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (543 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Religion is one of the most powerful forces running through human history, and although often presented as a force for good, its impact is frequently violent and divisive. This provocative work brings together cutting-edge research from both evolutionary and cognitive psychology to help readers understand the psychological structure of religious morality and the origins of religious violence. Introduces a fundamentally new approach to the analysis of religion in a style accessible to the general reader Applies insights from evolutionary and cognitive psychology to both Judaism
- Contents:
- Introduction: Evolution and mind
- The evolution of morality
- Setting the task
- The moral brain
- The first layer : kin selection
- The second layer : reciprocal altruism
- A third layer : indirect reciprocity
- A fourth layer : cultural group selection
- A fifth layer : the moral emotions
- Conclusion: From moral grammar to moral systems
- The evolution of moral religions
- The evolution of the religious mind
- Conceptualizing the almighty
- The moral function of gods
- Evolutionary religious ethics : Judaism
- Constructing Yahweh
- TheTen Commandments : an evolutionary interpretation
- Conclusion: The evolved law
- Evolutionary religious ethics : Christianity
- Constructing the Christ
- Setting the boundaries : Christian and/or Jew?
- The third race : Christians as in-group
- Putting on Christ : Christianity's signals of commitment
- Loving your neighbor and turning the other cheek
- Religion, violence, and the evolved mind
- Devoted to destruction : sanctified violence and Judaism
- The blood of the Lamb
- A case study in the evolved psychology of religious violence : 9/11/01
- Religion evolving
- Varieties of religious expressions
- If there were no God
- Religion, ethics, and violence : an assessment
- Responding to religion, ethics, and violence : some proposals.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-258) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612483356
- 9781444320695
- 1444320696
- 9781282483354
- 1282483358
- 9781444359138
- 1444359134
- 9781444320701
- 144432070X
- OCLC:
- 778339268
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