The evolutionary forms of the religious life: A cross-cultural, quantitative analysis

American Anthropologist

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 454-466

  Sanderson, Stephen K ^a   Roberts, Wesley W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Evolution; Monotheism; Polytheism; Priests; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 64649085706     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2008.00078.x     Document Type: Article

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