Browsing by Author "Dow, James W."

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    The Evolution of Religion: Modern Anthropological Theory
    (Oakland University, 2004-10-01) Dow, James W.; Folland, Sherman T.
    In recent years evolutionary psychology and scientific cultural anthropology have been incorporating neo-Darwinist models of human behavior into their thinking. Nowhere has this been more interesting than in the field of religion.
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    Religion and Science: Two Peas in a Pod or Fruits of Different Vines
    (Oakland University, 2009-01-01) Dow, James W.; Nixon, Jude V.
    This essay deals with the difference between religion and science. Émile Durkheim and other nineteenth century social philosophers thought that science was a child of religion and that the two belonged to the same family of collective representations. I would like to offer an opposing opinion from the point of view of cultural anthropology.