An ABC Australia Best Book on Religion and Ethics of the Year
Distinguished Book Award, Sociology of Religion Section of the American Sociological Association
Religion in Human Evolution
is a work of extraordinary ambition-a wide-ranging, nuanced probing of
our biological past to discover the kinds of lives that human beings
have most often imagined were worth living. It offers what is frequently
seen as a forbidden theory of the origin of religion that goes deep
into evolution, especially but not exclusively cultural evolution.
""Of
Bellah's brilliance there can be no doubt. The sheer amount this man
knows about religion is otherworldly Bellah stands in the tradition of
such stalwarts of the sociological imagination as Emile Durkheim and Max
Weber. Only one word is appropriate to characterize this book's subject
as well as its substance, and that is 'magisterial.'"" -Alan Wolfe, New York Times Book Review
""Religion in Human Evolution
is a magnum opus founded on careful research and immersed in the
'reflective judgment' of one of our best thinkers and writers."" -Richard L. Wood, Commonweal"
By:
Robert N. Bellah Imprint: The Belknap Press Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 162mm,
Spine: 38mm
Weight: 1.114kg ISBN:9780674975347 ISBN 10: 0674975340 Pages: 784 Publication Date:08 May 2017 Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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ELT Advanced
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Primary
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Nominated for PROSE Awards 2011
Nominated for Pulitzer Prizes 2012
Nominated for Zócalo Public Square Book Prize 2011
Winner of Distinguished Book Award - Sociology of Religion 2013
