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Genealogy of Religion
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Exploring the Origins, History, and Future of Religion
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Community & Kinship at Catalhoyuk
Strange things are afoot at Catalhoyuk (7400-5600 BCE), one of the earliest and most important Neolithic (i.e., sedentary and agricultural) sites known to... Read more
Posted on 02 July 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY -
Twisted Saga of “World’s Oldest Ritual”
In 2006, University of Oslo archaeologist Sheila Coulson gave an open lecture about her work at a small cave in the Tsodilo Hills of northern Botswana. Read more
Posted on 30 June 2011 BIOLOGY, HISTORY -
World’s Oldest Temple & Rorschach Rock
“It has long been recognized that any interpretation of prehistoric religious behavior should be based on concrete archaeological evidence. Read more
Posted on 27 June 2011 BIOLOGY, HISTORY -
World’s Oldest Rock Symbols?
The holy grail of archaeology is to discover the earliest evidence of symbolic thought in humans. Generally speaking, symbolism means that one thing represents... Read more
Posted on 25 June 2011 BIOLOGY, HISTORY -
Cloned Neanderthal Religion
Over at the Guardian, Andrew Brown asks if we should clone Neanderthals (assuming it could be done). For me, the easy answer is no. Read more
Posted on 24 June 2011 BIOLOGY, DEBATE, HISTORY, RELIGION -
Gandhi’s Dualism and Homer’s Soul
No stranger to the existential angst arising from the meta-and-physical dichotomy of sacred/profane, the inimitable Christopher Hitchens evaluates similar... Read more
Posted on 23 June 2011 DEBATE, RELIGION -
Post-Hoc Supernatural Punishers
In the inaugural issue of Religion, Brain & Behavior, Jeffrey Schloss and Michael Murray examine the idea that belief in supernatural agents is adaptive... Read more
Posted on 21 June 2011 BIOLOGY, CULTURE, DEBATE, RELIGION -
EP Therapy: Foraging Camp for Autistics
Everyone knows the experience: you happen upon a wreck and know you shouldn’t look but can’t help it. You know there is a chance of seeing something you don’t... Read more
Posted on 17 June 2011 BIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY -
A Ray of Light on Stonehenge
If you have ever suffered through an episode of “Ancient Aliens” on the History Channel, you might believe that every megalithic structure in the world was... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY -
Templeton Money and Metaphysics
In a rare moment of clarity, Immanuel Kant penned these unforgettable words: Time was, when she (Metaphysics) was the queen of all the sciences; and, if we... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2011 CULTURE -
Lab Research, Meet Ethnohistory
In labs around the world, researchers interested in the “evolution of religion” or cognitive science of religion are conducting experiments that tell us... Read more
Posted on 12 June 2011 CULTURE, RELIGION -
Weiners and War Chiefs
By most accounts, Anthony Weiner thinks highly of himself. Filled with bravado, Weiner considers himself to be a political warrior. Read more
Posted on 10 June 2011 BIOLOGY, CULTURE, DEBATE, HISTORY, RELIGION -
Crazy Corn Children & Ritual Form
In 1977, Stephen King published his short story “Children of the Corn” in Penthouse. Seven years later, movie audiences across the nation were horrified by the... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY, RELIGION -
Foreign Ideas & Moral Indigestion
Imagine you are dining at a friend’s home. Your host is excited because she has prepared a special dish for you. When dinner is finally served, you are surprise... Read more
Posted on 06 June 2011 BIOLOGY -
A Theory of Mind
I am not talking about theory of mind the concept but A Theory of Mind, a newcomer to the blogging community written by Erika Salomon. Erika is a graduate... Read more
Posted on 06 June 2011 PSYCHOLOGY -
Decoding Frazer’s “Golden Bough”
Few books in the history of anthropology are better known (but never read) than James George Frazer’s The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion. Read more
Posted on 04 June 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE, RELIGION -
Lost in (Western) Translation
There is a sense in which we are all cultural narcissists. By this, I mean that because all of us are acculturated at a particular time and in a particular... Read more
Posted on 02 June 2011 CULTURE, SPIRITUALITY -
Ghostbusting with Gozer
According to the Ghostbusters Wiki, Gozer the Gozerian (known also as Gozer the Destructor, Volguus Zildrohar, and Lord of the Sebouillia) is an ancient entity... Read more
Posted on 31 May 2011 CULTURE, DEBATE, RELIGION -
Religious Evolution: Sami Sticks & Phoenician Stones
Unlike living organisms, cultural formations do not “evolve.” Evolution, sensu stricto, is a biological process and not a cultural one. Read more
Posted on 28 May 2011 BIOLOGY, RELIGION, SCIENCE -
Remembrance of Things Past
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust This morning I recalled the taste of a bit of... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2011 CULTURE