How religion evolved : (Record no. 3094558)
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| control field | JGU |
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| control field | 20241217120217.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780241431795 |
| Qualifying information | pbk. |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Transcribing agency | JGU |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Dunbar, Robin |
| Relator term | author |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | How religion evolved : |
| Remainder of title | and why it endures / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Robin Dunbar. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | UK : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Penguin, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2022. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | How to study religion<br/>The mystical stance<br/>Why believing might be good for you<br/>Communities and congregations<br/>Social brain, religious mind<br/>Ritual and synchrony<br/>Religion in prehistory<br/>A crisis in the Neolithic<br/>Cults, sects and charismatics<br/>Schisms and divisions |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | When did humans develop spiritual thought? What is religion's evolutionary purpose? And in our increasingly secular world, why has it endured? Every society in the history of humanity has lived with religion. In How Religion Evolved, evolutionary psychologist Professor Robin Dunbar tracks its origins back to what he terms the 'mystical stance' - the aspect of human psychology that predisposes us to believe in a transcendent world, and which makes an encounter with the spiritual possible. As he explores world religions and their many derivatives, as well as religions of experience practised by hunter-gatherer societies since time immemorial, Dunbar argues that this instinct is not a peculiar human quirk, an aberration on our otherwise efficient evolutionary journey. Rather, religion confers an advantage- it can benefit our individual health and wellbeing, but, more importantly, it fosters social bonding at large scale, helping hold fractious societies together. Dunbar suggests these dimensions might provide the basis for an overarching theory for why and how humans are religious, and so help unify the myriad strands that currently populate this field. Drawing on path-breaking research, clinical case studies and fieldwork from around the globe, as well as stories of charismatic cult leaders, mysterious sects and lost faiths, How Religion Evolved offers a fascinating and far-reaching analysis of this quintessentially human impulse - to believe |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Religion--Philosophy. |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | General Books | OPJGU Sonepat- Campus | OPJGU Sonepat- Campus | Faculty Lounge | 210 DU-H | 026224 | 17/12/2024 | Gifted by Prof. Naresh Singh |