Mythic Religious Naturalism

Abstract. In his book Religion Is Not About God, Loyal Rue presents an evolutionarily based explanation of religion as a means to further the personal and social fulfillment of human beings. Rue argues that religions in the form of myths, adaptive falsities, provide an account of the connection betw...

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Main Author: Rottschaefer, William A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2007
In: Zygon
Year: 2007, Volume: 42, Issue: 2, Pages: 369-408
Further subjects:B naturalistic accounts of religion
B maladaptive truth
B Myth
B fact and value
B evolution of religion
B Naturalistic Fallacy
B selection theories
B Loyal Rue
B adaptive falsity
B Nihilism
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