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In a Darwinian world, religious behavior - just like other behaviors - is likely to have undergone a process of natural selection in which it was rewarded in the evolutionary currency of reproductive success. This book aims to provide a better understanding of the social scenarios in which selection pressure led to religious practices becoming an evolved human trait, i.e. an adaptive answer to the conditions of living and surviving that prevailed among our prehistoric ancestors. This aim is pursued by a team of expert authors from a range of disciplines. Their contributions examine the relevant physiological, emotional, cognitive and social processes. The resulting understanding of the functional interplay of these processes gives valuable insights into the biological roots and benefits of religion.

Evolutionary psychology. --- Human evolution -- Religious aspects. --- Psychology, Religious. --- Religion and culture. --- Human evolution --- Psychology, Religious --- Evolutionary psychology --- Religion and culture --- Culture --- Humanities --- Psychological Phenomena and Processes --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Anthropology, Cultural --- Anthropology --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena --- History --- Cultural Evolution --- Religion and Psychology --- Religion --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Philosophy & Religion --- Evolution --- Religion - General --- Religious aspects --- Religious aspects. --- Psychology of religion --- Religions --- Religious psychology --- Psychological aspects --- Psychology --- Life sciences. --- Religion. --- Modern philosophy. --- Evolutionary biology. --- Anthropology. --- Life Sciences. --- Evolutionary Biology. --- Modern Philosophy. --- Philosophy of Religion. --- Religious Studies, general. --- Philosophy. --- Psychology and religion --- Evolution (Biology). --- Philosophy, modern. --- Religion, Primitive --- Atheism --- God --- Irreligion --- Theology --- Human beings --- Mental philosophy --- Modern philosophy --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Religion—Philosophy. --- Primitive societies --- Human evolution - Religious aspects --- Social sciences --- Religious studies