Adaptation or byproduct? an evolutionary debate on religion.

• Main Author: Tay, Timothy En Yi.
• Other Authors: Michael David Gumert
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology; DRNTU::Humanities::Religions
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48829
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The past 20 years has seen an increase in interest in the evolutionary approach to the study of religion. Four viewpoints have emerged, with the debate between religion as an evolved adaptation and religion as a byproduct of other evolved processes forming the core of this debate. Byproduct theorist...