Fostering Sharedness in Religious Communities
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | Fostering Sharedness in Religious Communities - Religion Evolving |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Benjamin Purzycki; Aarhus University; Denmark |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Richard Sosis; University of Connecticut; United States |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Religious Studies |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | cognitive science of religion; anthropology of religion; evolutionary religion; beliefs; behavioural religion; religious thought; religion and culture; signalling theory |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | cognitive science of religion; anthropology |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | Chapter 7 emphasizes cases where religions facilitate adaptive behaviors in the diverse environments that humans inhabit. Here we examine how religious systems, which are composed of a number of interacting components, generate these adaptive response patterns. We contend that religious systems accomplish this by: (1) employing highly flexible cognitive mechanisms, (2) evoking emotional responses that provide reliable information concerning individual physical and psychological states, (3) supporting specialists who introduce religious ideas that endorse and sustain the social order, and (4) encouraging collective acceptance of these ideas with public displays, typically in the form of rituals, badges, and taboos. These interacting components of religious systems ultimately promote prosocial behavior under diverse conditions. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 10-Mar-2022 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/books/article/view/42788 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.42788 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Religion Evolving |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) | |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |