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Why Mankind Has Needed Religion Whereas Bees Have Not: Religious prescriptions provide the building blocks for the cultural evolution of distinct huma

by Peter Lachmann

  • Paperback
  • 102 pages
  • Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing Limited
  • 12.7 x 20.4 x 0.7 cm

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For those seeking answers about religion's role.

"Why Mankind Has Needed Religion" explains cultural needs.

You’ll understand how beliefs shape your community.

Discover how religious prescriptions shape human culture and morality in Peter Lachmann's insightful exploration of why mankind needs religion while bees do not.

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With a Foreword by Rowan Williams - Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge

Religions - broadly defined - are found in probably all human societies. This convinces even sceptics that religions must have an important function. The God(s) they worship, their creation myths and their beliefs about an afterlife are extremely variable. What they all share are prescriptions for behaviour concerning not only ethics but such matters as diet, hygiene and dress. The origin of these prescriptions is unknown but their persistence can be explained by their promoting resistance to infectious disease

Religious prescriptions provide the building blocks for the cultural evolution of distinct human moral communities. This explains their universality and their mutual intolerance.

The differences in behaviour between bee colonies are however genetically determined so that bees have no need for religion!

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  • Title

    Why Mankind Has Needed Religion Whereas Bees Have Not: Religious prescriptions provide the building blocks for the cultural evolution of distinct huma

  • Author

    Peter Lachmann

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Grosvenor House Publishing Limited

  • Published

    December 2019

  • Weight

    123g

  • Page Count

    102

  • Dimensions

    12.7 x 20.4 x 0.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9781786236807

  • ISBN-10

    178623680X

  • Eden Code

    5146893