Darwin's Cathedral
2002 book by David Sloan Wilson
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Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society (ISBN 9780226901350) is a 2002 book by David Sloan Wilson which proposes that religion is a multi-level adaptation—i.e., a product of cultural evolution developed through multi-level selection.[1][2]
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| Author | David Sloan Wilson |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
Publication date | 2002 |
| ISBN | 978-0-226-90135-0 |
Reception
The Journal of the American Academy of Religion called it a "welcome book" because "it unsettles everybody, evolutionary biologist and religious believer alike".[3] Jared Diamond in the New York Review of Books called it a "thought-provoking book" which "will stimulate each reader to examine his or her personal view of religion's future".[4]
