First: Complex Societies. Then: Moralizing Gods.
New research published in Nature Letters in March shows that complex societies nearly always precede the worship of moralizing gods.
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I nailed it. So to speak.
A few days ago, I posted some questions, skeptical of the recent news that a “crucifixion” nail of the time of Jesus was found. Primarily, […]
Anthropology of Religion
Image via Wikipedia I don’t often post on religious topics on this blog. At least not topics related to modern religion like Christianity. I’m more […]
Religion and the Imagination – Cue a John Lennon Song
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEOkxRLzBf0] According to an anthropologist at the London School of Economics, the very process that John Lennon suggested we use to put religion and other […]