The evolution of religion and morality : A synthesis of ethnographic and experimental evidence from eight societies
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F18%3A00101986" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/18:00101986 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2016.1267027" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2016.1267027</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2016.1267027" target="_blank" >10.1080/2153599X.2016.1267027</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The evolution of religion and morality : A synthesis of ethnographic and experimental evidence from eight societies
Original language description
Understanding the expansion of human sociality and cooperation beyond kith and kin remains an important evolutionary puzzle. There is likely a complex web of processes including institutions, norms, and practices that contributes to this phenomenon. Considerable evidence suggests that one such process involves certain components of religious systems that may have fostered the expansion of human cooperation in a variety of ways, including both certain forms of rituals and commitment to particular types of gods. Using an experimental economic game, our team specifically tested whether or not individually held mental models of moralistic, punishing, and knowledgeable gods curb biases in favor of the self and the local community, and increase impartiality toward geographically distant anonymous co-religionists. Our sample includes 591 participants from eight diverse societies – iTaukei (indigenous) Fijians who practice both Christianity and ancestor worship, the animist Hadza of Tanzania, Hindu Indo-Fijians, Hindu Mauritians, shamanist-Buddhist Tyvans of southern Siberia, traditional Inland and Christian Coastal Vanuatuans from Tanna, and Christian Brazilians from Pesqueiro. In this article, we present cross-cultural evidence that addresses this question and discuss the implications and limitations of our project. This volume also offers detailed, site-specific reports to provide further contextualization at the local level.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60304 - Religious studies
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EE2.3.20.0048" target="_blank" >EE2.3.20.0048: Laboratory for Experimental Research of Religion</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Religion, Brain & Behavior
ISSN
2153-599X
e-ISSN
2153-5981
Volume of the periodical
8
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
32
Pages from-to
101-132
UT code for WoS article
000429036400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85015948545