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  1. Oct 7, 2016 · The literature on the evolution of religion has been divided by a fundamental debate between adaptation theories, which explain religious traits as products of selection for religion, and byproduct theories, which explain religious traits as products of selection for other, non-religious functions. Recently, however, a new position has emerged ...

    • Taylor Davis
    • taylordavis@purdue.edu
    • 2017
  2. Bernard Richard Goldberg (born May 31, 1945) is an American author, journalist, and political pundit. Goldberg has won fourteen Emmy Awards and was a producer, reporter and correspondent for CBS News for twenty-eight years (1972–2000) [1] and a paid contributor for Fox News for ten years (2009–2018). [2]

  3. Sep 1, 2017 · The main CSR theories and concepts discussed here include the concept of religion as by-product, the naturalness of religion, HADD, MCI hypothesis, theory of mind, and promiscuous teleology.

  4. Sep 2, 2009 · This article critiques theories of transmission and the reproduction of religion from Comte through Marx and Durkheim to contemporary sociologists of religion, including Berger, engaging as it does so with positivist and sociology-of-knowledge approaches to the question, among others.

  5. Apr 4, 2024 · Instead, I focus on presenting logical and principled arguments that I hope connect with people regardless of their religious beliefs. Also, I happen to think that intertwining politics with religion can get pretty ugly, especially in the case of partisan politics. Faith shapes countless people’s views, of course.

  6. Jan 11, 2022 · This article reviews and critiques prior explanations for the evolution of religious beliefs and suggests new hypotheses that might be more productive for understanding why religion involves beliefs in the gods and the supernatural.

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  8. In what might be a surprising argument, Berger states that some of the roots of secularization lie in Christianity; specifically, in Protestantism. In fact, he asserts that there have been secularizing notions coming from Christianity since its earli-est days, even back into its origins in Judaism.

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