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Evolving God: A Provocative View on the Origins of Religion, Expanded Edition
Barbara J. King
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Description for Evolving God: A Provocative View on the Origins of Religion, Expanded Edition
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Religion has been a central part of human experience since at least the dawn of recorded history. The gods change, as do the rituals, but the underlying desire remains a desire to belong to something larger, greater, most lasting than our mortal, finite selves. But where did that desire come from? Can we explain its emergence through evolution? Yes, says biological anthropologist Barbara J. King and doing so not only helps us to understand the religious imagination, but also reveals fascinating links to the lives and minds of our primate cousins. Evolving God draws on King's own fieldwork among primates ... Read more
Religion has been a central part of human experience since at least the dawn of recorded history. The gods change, as do the rituals, but the underlying desire remains a desire to belong to something larger, greater, most lasting than our mortal, finite selves. But where did that desire come from? Can we explain its emergence through evolution? Yes, says biological anthropologist Barbara J. King and doing so not only helps us to understand the religious imagination, but also reveals fascinating links to the lives and minds of our primate cousins. Evolving God draws on King's own fieldwork among primates ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226360898
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V9780226360898
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About Barbara J. King
Barbara J. King is professor emerita of anthropology at the College of William and Mary, where she taught for twenty-eight years. She is the author of Personalities on the Plate and How Animals Grieve, and her work has been featured in The Best American Science and Nature Writing and on NPR's 13.7 Cosmos and Culture blog.
Reviews for Evolving God: A Provocative View on the Origins of Religion, Expanded Edition
King draws on cutting-edge research in primatology to demonstrate that once animals are capable of emotional attachments and cognitive empathy, they are ready for
and even appear to require
certain intangibles like a belief in something greater than themselves. . . . Fresh insights . . . lucid writing.
Publishers Weekly King . . . questions the ... Read more
and even appear to require
certain intangibles like a belief in something greater than themselves. . . . Fresh insights . . . lucid writing.
Publishers Weekly King . . . questions the ... Read more