| Description |
1 online resource (v, 268 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-258) and index. |
| Contents |
ch. 1. View from evolutionary biology -- ch. 2. View from the social sciences -- ch. 3. Calvinism : an argument from design -- ch. 4. Secular utility of religion : historical examples -- ch. 5. Secular utility of religion : the modern literature -- ch. 6. Forgiveness as a complex adaptation -- ch. 7. Unifying systems. |
| Summary |
"From Calvinism in sixteenth-century Geneva to Balinese water temples, from hunter-gatherer societies to urban America, Wilson demonstrates how religions have enabled people to achieve by collective action what they never could do alone. He also includes a chapter considering forgiveness from an evolutionary perspective and concludes by discussing how all social organizations, including science, could benefit by incorporating elements of religion. Religious believers often compare their communities to single organisms and even to insect colonies. Astoundingly, Wilson shows that they might be literally correct. Intended for any reader, Darwin's Cathedral will change forever the way we view the relations among evolution, religion, and human society."--Jacket. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religion and sociology.
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Religion and sociology. |
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Group selection (Evolution)
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Group selection (Evolution) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Wilson, David Sloan. Darwin's cathedral. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2002 0226901343 (DLC) 2002017375 (OCoLC)48777441 |
| ISBN |
9780226901374 (electronic book) |
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0226901378 (electronic book) |
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0226901343 |
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9780226901343 |
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0226901351 |
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9780226901350 |
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