In the name of God
Subtitle: the evolutionary origins of religious ethics and violence
By: John Teehan.
Series: Blackwell public philosophy series
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781405183826; 9781405183819
Subjects: Religious ethics; Violence -- Religious aspects; Psychology, Religious; Evolutionary psychology; Cognitive psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Evolution and mind; title: The evolution of morality; title: Setting the task; title: The moral brain; title: The first layer : kin selection; title: The second layer : reciprocal altruism; title: A third layer : indirect reciprocity; title: A fourth layer : cultural group selection; title: A fifth layer : the moral emotions; title: Conclusion: From moral grammar to moral systems; title: The evolution of moral religions; title: Setting the task; title: The evolution of the religious mind; title: Conceptualizing the almighty; title: The moral function of gods; title: Evolutionary religious ethics : Judaism; title: Setting the task; title: Constructing Yahweh; title: TheTen Commandments : an evolutionary interpretation; title: Conclusion: The evolved law; title: Evolutionary religious ethics : Christianity; title: Setting the task; title: Constructing the Christ; title: Setting the boundaries : Christian and/or Jew?; title: The third race : Christians as in-group; title: Putting on Christ : Christianity's signals of commitment; title: Loving your neighbor and turning the other cheek; title: Religion, violence, and the evolved mind; title: Setting the task; title: Devoted to destruction : sanctified violence and Judaism; title: The blood of the Lamb; title: A case study in the evolved psychology of religious violence : 9/11/01; title: Religion evolving; title: Setting the task; title: Varieties of religious expressions; title: If there were no God; title: Religion, ethics, and violence : an assessment; title: Responding to religion, ethics, and violence : some proposals.