Extreme religious behaviours : where religious practice and biological evolution clash / Johannes Bronkhorst.
| Author/creator | Bronkhorst, Johannes author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Berlin : De Gruyter, [2024] |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | ix, 207 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Religion and reason, 0080-0848 ; volume 70 Religion and reason ; 70. |
| Abstract | "Certain religious behaviours clearly reduce biological fitness. These behaviours include celibacy along with various forms of asceticism, and rituals that harm the performer. Such behaviours are found in widely different cultures. How is this possible? This book shows that these behaviours (as is religion in general) are by-products of features of the human mind whose evolutionary fitness is beyond doubt and explores those features." -- Page 4 of cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [170]-202) and index. |
| Issued in other form | 9783111374406 PDF |
| Issued in other form | 9783111374468 ePub |
| ISBN | 9783111374215 (hardbound) |
| ISBN | 3111374211 (hardbound) |
| Standard identifier# | 9783111374215 |