God is great – but not necessary? on Ara Norenzayan, Big Gods (2013)

Norenzayan provides ample evidence to support the claim that beliefs about moralizing Big Gods correlate with prosocial behavior. Atheists, for their part, are the most mistrusted minority wherever there is a widespread belief in moralizing gods. Projecting these patterns of thought and behavior on...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Religion
1. Verfasser:	Pyysiäinen, Ilkka (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:	eng
Veröffentlicht:	2014
Schlagworte:	Norenzayan, Ara > Kulturelle Evolution > Moralisches Handeln > Religion > Atheismus
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Zusammenfassung:	Norenzayan provides ample evidence to support the claim that beliefs about moralizing Big Gods correlate with prosocial behavior. Atheists, for their part, are the most mistrusted minority wherever there is a widespread belief in moralizing gods. Projecting these patterns of thought and behavior on to our ancestors 10 000 years back is risky, though. It is a plausible hypothesis that prosociality in societies where people meet anonymous others on a regular basis may have coevolved with beliefs about Big Gods, but it remains historically speculative and the direction of causality is impossible to establish.
ISSN:	0048-721X