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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808278803321

Autore

Kirkpatrick Lee A. <1958->

Titolo

Attachment, evolution, and the psychology of religion / / Lee A. Kirkpatrick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Guilford Press, c2005

ISBN

1-281-22789-7

9786611227890

1-59385-897-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Disciplina

200/.1/9

Soggetti

Psychology, Religious

Attachment behavior

Evolutionary psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 364-386) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 INTRODUCTION TO ATTACHMENT THEORY; 3 GOD AS AN ATTACHMENT FIGURE; 4 MORE ON RELIGION AS AN ATTACHMENT PROCESS SOME EXTENSIONS AND LIMITATIONS; 5 INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN ATTACHMENT AND RELIGION THE CORRESPONDENCE HYPOTHESIS; 6 GOD AS A SUBSTITUTE ATTACHMENT FIGURE THE COMPENSATION HYPOTHESIS; 7 ATTACHMENT IN CONTEXT INTRODUCTION TO EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY; 8 ATTACHMENT THEORY IN MODERN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE; 9 RELIGION ADAPTATION OR EVOLUTIONARY BY PRODUCT; 10 BEYOND ATTACHMENT RELIGION AND OTHER EVOLVED PSYCHOLOGICAL MECHANISMS

11 THE COGNITIVE ORIGINS OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF12 BEYOND GENES LEARNING RATIONALITY AND CULTURE; 13 TOWARD AN EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

In this provocative and engaging book, Lee Kirkpatrick establishes a broad, comprehensive framework for approaching the psychology of religion from an evolutionary perspective. Within this framework, attachment theory provides a powerful lens through which to reconceptualize diverse aspects of religious belief and behavior.



Rejecting the notion that humans possess religion-specific instincts or adaptations, Kirkpatrick argues that religion instead emerges from numerous psychological mechanisms and systems that evolved for other functions. This integrative work will spark discussion, deb