Towards Synthesis
A Review Essay of The Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Approaches to Religion
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/jcsr.26333Keywords:
cognition, evolutionary psychology, cultural evolutionAbstract
The Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Approaches to Religion, edited by Yair Lior and Justin Lane. London and New York: Routledge, 2023. xv + 523 pages, $163.22. ISBN: 9781138331679
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