Full title: In the name of God : the evolutionary origins of religious ethics and violence / John Teehan.

Author/creator: Teehan, John.

Date: 2010..

Call Numbers: N205.019/1

Record Identifier: 74VM0WKGkxDA

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: x, 272 p. ; 24 cm., 1. The Evolution of Morality -- Setting the Task -- The Moral Brain -- The First Layer: Kin Selection -- The Second Layer: Reciprocal Altruism -- A Third Layer: Indirect Reciprocity -- A Fourth Layer: Cultural Group Selection -- A Fifth Layer: The Moral Emotions -- Conclusion: From Moral Grammar to Moral Systems -- 2. The Evolution of Moral Religions -- Setting the Task -- The Evolution of the Religious Mind -- Conceptualizing the Almighty -- The Moral Function of Gods -- 3. Evolutionary Religious Ethics: Judaism -- Setting the Task -- Constructing Yahweh -- The Ten Commandments: An Evolutionary Interpretation -- Conclusion: The Evolved Law -- 4. Evolutionary Religious Ethics: Christianity -- Setting the Task -- Constructing the Christ -- Setting the Boundaries: Christian and/or Jew? -- The Third Race: Christians as In-Group -- Putting on Christ: Christianity's Signals of Commitment -- Loving Your Neighbor and Turning the Other Cheek -- 5. Religion, Violence, and the Evolved Mind -- Setting the Task -- Devoted to Destruction: Sanctified Violence and Judaism -- The Blood of the Lamb -- A Case Study in the Evolved Psychology of Religious Violence: 9/11 -- 6. Religion Evolving -- Setting the Task -- Varieties of Religious Expressions -- If There Were No God... -- Religion, Ethics, and Violence: An Assessment -- Responding to Religion, Ethics, and Violence: Some Proposals -- Conclusions.

Publishers: Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.

Notes: Blackwell public philosophy series. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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DDC: 205.019

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