Moralizing gods, local gods, and complexity in Hindu god concepts: evidence from South India
Cultural evolutionary approaches to religion have found that in small-scale societies, “local gods” (LGs) usually care about ritual, in-group cooperation, and ecological challenges, whereas in large-scale societies, “moralizing gods” (MGs) are more concerned with prosociality. In contrast, Hindu dei...
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| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2022
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Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2022, Volume: 12, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 97-115 |
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moralizing gods
B Religion B economic games B India B supernatural punishment |
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