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From deprived to revived : religious revivals as adaptive systems / Mikko Heimola.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion and reason ; 53.Publisher: Berlin : De Gruyter, [2013]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 1614513775
  • 9781614513773
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 306.6/69094897 23
LOC classification:
  • BL60 .H435 2013
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • BE 2200
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Summary -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Cooperation As A Human Puzzle -- 3 Religion As A Solution To Social Dilemmas -- 4 Deprivation, Hazards, And Religious Revivals -- 5 Revivalism In Early Nineteenth Century Finland -- 6 From The Deprived To The Revived: A Self-Organizatory Process -- 7 Discussion And Conclusions -- 8 Sources -- 9 References -- Index.
Summary: Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Subject and Plan of the Study; 1.2 The Intellectual Context; 1.2.1 The Perspective of Complex Adaptive Systems; 1.2.2 The Modelling Approach; 1.2.3 Evolution of Religion on Multiple Levels; 1.2.4 Norm Groups Emerge from Psychological Rudiments; 1.2.5 Difference to Economist Approaches; 1.3 Research Questions and Methodology; 2 Cooperation as a Human Puzzle; 2.1 Ubiquitous Cooperation; 2.2 Evolutionary Considerations; 2.2.1 Kin, Reciprocity, Reputation; 2.2.2 Cultural Group Selection; 2.2.3 Costly Signaling; 2.3 Social Psychology of Norms.Summary: What is the exact nature of the link between religion and social cohesion? This book describes how fluctuations in socioeconomic environment can create a process where ritual behavior works to alleviate uncertainties in social commitment. A case study of Finland's 19th-century Christian revivals illustrates this process. This volume is particularly relevant to those interested in the role of religion in human evolution and in organizing society.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Subject and Plan of the Study; 1.2 The Intellectual Context; 1.2.1 The Perspective of Complex Adaptive Systems; 1.2.2 The Modelling Approach; 1.2.3 Evolution of Religion on Multiple Levels; 1.2.4 Norm Groups Emerge from Psychological Rudiments; 1.2.5 Difference to Economist Approaches; 1.3 Research Questions and Methodology; 2 Cooperation as a Human Puzzle; 2.1 Ubiquitous Cooperation; 2.2 Evolutionary Considerations; 2.2.1 Kin, Reciprocity, Reputation; 2.2.2 Cultural Group Selection; 2.2.3 Costly Signaling; 2.3 Social Psychology of Norms.

What is the exact nature of the link between religion and social cohesion? This book describes how fluctuations in socioeconomic environment can create a process where ritual behavior works to alleviate uncertainties in social commitment. A case study of Finland's 19th-century Christian revivals illustrates this process. This volume is particularly relevant to those interested in the role of religion in human evolution and in organizing society.

Frontmatter -- Summary -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Cooperation As A Human Puzzle -- 3 Religion As A Solution To Social Dilemmas -- 4 Deprivation, Hazards, And Religious Revivals -- 5 Revivalism In Early Nineteenth Century Finland -- 6 From The Deprived To The Revived: A Self-Organizatory Process -- 7 Discussion And Conclusions -- 8 Sources -- 9 References -- Index.

In English.