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Author:

Wade, Nicholas.

Title:

The faith instinct : how religion evolved and why it endures / Nicholas Wade.

Publisher:

Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

310 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Religion--Philosophy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-297) and index.

Contents:

The nature of religion -- The moral instinct -- The evolution of religious behavior -- Music, dance and trance -- Ancestral religion -- The transformation -- The tree of religion -- Morality, trust and trade -- The ecology of religion -- Religion and warfare -- Religion and nation -- The future of religion.

Summary:

Draws on a broad range of scientific evidence to theorize an evolutionary basis for religion, considering how religion may have served as an essential component of early society survival and that the brain may be inherently inclined toward religious behavior.

ISBN:

1594202281
9781594202285

OCLC:

(OCoLC)318411664

LCCN:

2009028497

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

FKPA224 -- Farmersburg Public Library (Farmersburg)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

HIPC765 -- Pocahontas Public Library (Pocahontas)