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Evolving God - A Provocative View on the Origins of Religion, Expanded Edition (Paperback, Expanded)
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Evolving God - A Provocative View on the Origins of Religion, Expanded Edition (Paperback, Expanded)
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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 in Africa and paleoanthropology of our
extinct ancestors to offer a new way of thinking about the origins
of religion, one that situates it in a deep need for emotional
connection with others, a need we share with apes and monkeys.
Though her thesis is provocative, and she's not above thoughtful
speculation, King's argument is strongly rooted in close
observation and analysis. She traces an evolutionary path that
connects us to other primates, who, like us, display empathy, make
meanings through interaction, create social rules, and display
imagination the basic building blocks of the religious imagination.
With fresh insights, she responds to recent suggestions that
chimpanzees are spiritual or even religious beings, and that our
ancient humanlike cousins carefully disposed of their dead well
before the time of Neandertals. King writes with a scientist's
appreciation for evidence and argument, leavened with a deep
empathy and admiration for the powerful desire to belong, a desire
that not only brings us together with other humans, but with our
closest animal relations as well.
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Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2017 |
Authors: |
Barbara J. King
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Dimensions: |
155 x 228 x 2mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
304 |
Edition: |
Expanded |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-36089-8 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-226-36089-X |
Barcode: |
9780226360898 |
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