Human Nature and the Sociology of Religion
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https://doi.org/10.1558/jcsr.35726Keywords:
Bioprograms, colaboration, neophile, neoteny, Optimal Stimulation Level (OSN), religion as by-product, sacrifice, sensation-seeking, ultra-socialAbstract
Human Nature and the Sociology of Religion
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Boyer, P. 2002. Religion Explained. London: Vintage.
Campbell, D.T. 1983. “The Two Distinct Routes beyond Kin Selection to Ultrasociality.” In The Nature of Prosocial Development, edited by D. Bridgeman, 11–39. New York: Academic Press.
Dingemans, E. and E. Van Ingen. 2015. “Does Religion Breed Trust? A Cross-National Study.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 54(4): 739–755. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12217
Heider, F. and M. Simmel. 1944. “An Experimental Study of Apparent Behavior.” American Journal of Psychology 57: 234–254. https://doi.org/10.2307/1416950
Høgh-Olesen, H. 2006. “The Sacrifice and the Reciprocity-Programme in Religious Rituals and in Man’s Everyday Interactions.” Journal of Cognition and Culture 6(3–4): 499–519. https://doi.org/10.1163/156853706778554931
Høgh-Olesen, H., ed. 2010. Human Morality and Sociality: Evolutionary and Comparative Perspectives. Palmgrave: MacMillan.
Høgh-Olesen, H. 2013. “The Will to Sacrifice: Sharing and Sociality in Humans, Apes and Monkeys. In Origins of Religion, Cognition and Culture, edited by A.W. Geertz, 203–218. Durham: Acumen.
Lovejoy, C.O. 1981. “The Origin of Man.” Science 211: 341–350. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.211.4480.341
Mauss, M. 1999 [1925]. The Gift. London: Routledge.
Norenzayan, A. and A.F. Shariff. 2008. “The Origin and Evolution of Religious Prosociality.” Science 322: 58–62. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1158757
Olson, D.V.A. and M. Li 2015. “Does a Nation’s Religious Composition Affect Generalized Trust?” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 54(4): 756–773. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12231
Öhman, A., A. Flygt and S. Esteves. 2001. “Emotions Drives Attention: Detecting the Snake in the Grass.” Journal of Experimental Psychology 130(3): 466–478. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-3445.130.3.466
Tomasello, M., M. Carpenter, J. Call, T. Behne and H. Moll. 2005. “Understanding and Sharing Intentions: The Origin of Cultural Cognition.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28: 675–735. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X05000129
Tomasello, M. and A. Vaish. 2013. “Origins of Human Cooperation and Morality.” Annual Review of Psychology 64: 231–255.
Tomasello, M. 2014. “The Ultra-Social Animal.” European Journal of Social Psychology 44: 187–194. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2015
Zuckermann, M. 2007. Sensation Seeking and Risky Behavior. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/11555-000
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2018-05-15
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Høgh-Olesen, H. (2018). Human Nature and the Sociology of Religion. Journal for the Cognitive Science of Religion, 4(1), 55-59. https://doi.org/10.1558/jcsr.35726
