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Religion in Human Evolution

From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age
By Robert N. Bellah
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Religion in Human Evolution is an ambitious exploration into the biological and cultural roots of religion, tracing how human beings have historically conceived meaningful lives. Renowned sociologist Robert N. Bellah delves deep into evolutionary theory to present what some consider a 'forbidden' perspective on religion's origins.
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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice

An ABC Australia Best Book on Religion and Ethics of the Year

Distinguished Book Award, Sociology of Religion Section of the American Sociological Association

Religion in Human Evolution is a work of extraordinary ambition—a wide-ranging, nuanced probing of our biological past to discover the kinds of lives that human beings have most often imagined were worth living. It offers what is frequently seen as a forbidden theory of the origin of religion that goes deep into evolution, especially but not exclusively cultural evolution.

"Of Bellah's brilliance there can be no doubt. The sheer amount this man knows about religion is otherworldly. Bellah stands in the tradition of such stalwarts of the sociological imagination as Emile Durkheim and Max Weber. Only one word is appropriate to characterize this book's subject as well as its substance, and that is 'magisterial.'"
—Alan Wolfe, New York Times Book Review

Religion in Human Evolution is a magnum opus founded on careful research and immersed in the 'reflective judgment' of one of our best thinkers and writers.
—Richard L. Wood, Commonweal

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780674975347

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 May 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: The Belknap Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 162.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 784

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About the Author

Robert N. Bellah was Elliott Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, at the University of California, Berkeley.

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