Big Gods Came After the Rise of Civilizations, Not Before, Study Finds
Friday, March 22, 2019 - 08:30
in Psychology & Sociology
When you think of religion, you probably think of a god who rewards the good and punishes the wicked. But the idea of morally concerned gods is by no means universal. Social scientists have long known that small-scale traditional societies – the kind missionaries used to dismiss as “pagan” – envisaged a spirit world that cared little […]