Bejamin Grant Purzycki and Richard Sosis, Religion Evolving: Cultural, Cognitive, and Ecological Dynamics

Authors

  • Jed Forman Simpson College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jsrnc.23911

Keywords:

book review

Abstract

Bejamin Grant Purzycki and Richard Sosis, Religion Evolving: Cultural, Cognitive, and Ecological Dynamics (Sheffield, UK: Equinox, 2022), xviii + 247 pp., £75 (pbk), ISBN: 9781800500525.

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Published

2023-08-09

How to Cite

Forman, J. (2023). Bejamin Grant Purzycki and Richard Sosis, Religion Evolving: Cultural, Cognitive, and Ecological Dynamics. Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1558/jsrnc.23911