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In the Name of God: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Ethics and Violence (Blackwell Public Philosophy Series) by John Teehan is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is In the Name of God: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Ethics and Violence (Blackwell Public Philosophy Series) about?
Religion is one of the most powerful forces running through human history, and although often presented as a force for good, its impact is frequently violent and divisive. This provocative work brings together cutting-edge research from both evolutionary and cognitive psychology to help readers understand the psychological structure of religious morality and the origins of religious violence. <ul><li>Introduces a fundamentally new approach to the analysis of religion in a style accessible to the
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- John Teehan
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781405183819
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Religion, Psychology
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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