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The Backwash of Norenzayan’s Big Gods : A Post-Review Essay

The Backwash of Norenzayan’s Big Gods : A Post-Review Essay This post-review discusses the reception of Ara Norenzayan’s Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict (2013) by zooming in on two review symposia for the book — one in Religion (2014), the other in Religion, Brain and Behavior (2014). The symposia ran parallel to one another, and both have resulted in the publication of ten reviews plus one commentary. The post-review discusses a selection of topics raised, including some underlying key premises, similarities with the Supernatural Punishment Hypothesis, the evidence presented, its cultural evolution framework, its conceptualization of “religion,” prosociality versus obedience, and whether “Big Gods” are really just “Abrahamic gods” rewrapped. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Numen Brill

The Backwash of Norenzayan’s Big Gods : A Post-Review Essay

Numen , Volume 62 (5-6): 639 – Sep 7, 2015

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
Subject
Review Essay
ISSN
0029-5973
eISSN
1568-5276
DOI
10.1163/15685276-12341397
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Abstract

This post-review discusses the reception of Ara Norenzayan’s Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict (2013) by zooming in on two review symposia for the book — one in Religion (2014), the other in Religion, Brain and Behavior (2014). The symposia ran parallel to one another, and both have resulted in the publication of ten reviews plus one commentary. The post-review discusses a selection of topics raised, including some underlying key premises, similarities with the Supernatural Punishment Hypothesis, the evidence presented, its cultural evolution framework, its conceptualization of “religion,” prosociality versus obedience, and whether “Big Gods” are really just “Abrahamic gods” rewrapped.

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NumenBrill

Published: Sep 7, 2015

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