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New Science Book: The Nature of God - Evolution and Religion

15. April 2010, 19:20

To explain religious behavior is a daunting task. One very recent attempt is to explain religious behaviors and religion within an evolutionary framework. In "The Nature of God - Evolution and Religion" by editor Ulrich Frey, a range of established and young experts from various disciplines analyze religion and religiosity as phenomena in a Darwinian world. Is religiosity adaptive? Are religious people more fertile? Do we have cognitive predispositions to be religious? Are children natural believers? New answers to these questions are presented in this fascinating array of contributions from the field of evolutionary studies of religion.

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