Appealing to the minds of gods: religious beliefs and appeals correspond to features of local social ecologies

How do beliefs about gods vary across populations, and what accounts for this variation? We argue that appeals to gods generally reflect prominent features of local social ecologies. We first draw from a synthesis of theoretical, experimental, and ethnographic evidence to delineate a set of predicti...

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Main Authors: Bendixen, T, Apicella, CL, Atkinson, Q, Cohen, E, Henrich, J, McNamara, RA, Norenzayan, A, Willard, AK, Xygalatas, D, Purzycki, BG
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2023