Religion in human evolution

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1. keiferskiJul 2023
   Dawkins [1] and Hitchens’ works on religion are pop-science/culture books, not serious academic studies. Virtually no scholars in philosophy, religious studies, etc. agree with the narratives they present.

   Instead, I would read Taylor, Robert Bellah’s Religion in Human Evolution, and maybe Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morality.

   1. His non-biological work, that is.

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2. keiferskiJul 2023
   There are a lot of great suggestions here: https://fivebooks.com/category/religion/

   But other than Taylor, I recommend Robert Bellah's Religion in Human Evolution, William James' The Varieties of Religious Experience, and most books by Nietzsche, but specifically Beyond Good and Evil and The Genealogy of Morality. You might want to pick up an anthology of papers / topics, like Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology by Pojman. Max Weber and Durkheim are also considered to be foundational thinkers in religious sociology. If you get through all that and are looking for something a bit more obscure but super interesting, I would also check out "process philosophy" or "process theology", which addresses a lot of the traditional issues with religious arguments.

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3. o_nateDec 2013
   One of these:

   Robert Bellah - Religion in Human Evolution

   Frank Kogan - Real Punks Don't Wear Black

   Jerry McGill - Dear Marcus

   Mark Kurlansky - The Big Oyster

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