The Evolution of Religion and Morality Project: Reflections and looking ahead

Benjamin Grant Purzycki; Martin Lang; Joseph Henrich; Ara Norenzayan

doi:10.1080/2153599X.2021.2021546

The Evolution of Religion and Morality Project: Reflections and looking ahead

Benjamin Grant Purzycki^*, Martin Lang, Joseph Henrich, Ara Norenzayan

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School of Culture and Society - Department of the Study of Religion

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This special issue marks the formal end to the Evolution of Religion and Morality project and highlights the overall findings with particular attention to our second wave of data collection. In this concluding article, we first briefly detail how the project came about and how it developed. We then catalogue our contributions, summarizing the empirical results of key synthetic investigations that were part of the overall project. In an effort to shed some light on issues future researchers might benefit from knowing about, we also discuss some of the limitations and problems in design and execution of our effort. We conclude with a discussion of current, ongoing works, and our vision for the future of the cognitive and evolutionary studies of religion.

Original language	English
Journal	Religion, Brain and Behavior
Volume	12
Issue	1-2
Pages (from-to)	190-211
Number of pages	22
ISSN	2153-599X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2021.2021546
Publication status	Published - Apr 2022

Keywords

Evolution
cooperation
field research
morality
religion

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