The Routledge Handbook of Evolutionary Approaches to Religion

The past two decades have seen a growing interest in evolutionary and scientific approaches to religion. This is an outstanding reference source to these topics, debates and issues. This is essential reading for students and researchers in religious studies, anthropology and related fields.

Yair Lior is Doctor of religious studies at Boston University, USA. He is also a research fellow at the Center for Mind and Culture (CMAC), Boston Massachusetts, USA.

Justin Lane is Research Fellow at the Center for Modeling Social Systems, Kristiansand, Norway, and Research Associate at LEYNA, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.