Development of religion

History of religions
founding figures

Anthropology
Comparative religion
Development
Neurotheology / God gene
Origins
Psychology

Prehistoric
Ancient Near East
 · Ancient Egypt
 · Semitic
Indo-European
 · Vedic Hinduism
 · Greco-Roman
 · Celtic  · Germanic
Axial Age
 · Vedanta  · Shramana
 · Dharma  · Tao
 · Hellenism
 · Monism  · Dualism
 · Monotheism
Christianization
Islamization
Renaissance · Reformation
Age of Reason
New religious movements
 · Great Awakening
 · Fundamentalism
 · New Age
Postmodernism

Abrahamic
 · Judaism
 · Christianity
 · Islam
 · Bahá'í Faith
Indic
 · Hinduism
 · Buddhism
 · Jainism
 · Sikhism
 · Ayyavazhi
Far Eastern
 · Taoism
 · Confucianism
 · Shinto
Neopagan
 · Wicca

The development of religion describes the stages in the evolution of any particular religious system from a social sciences perspective.

The origin of religion is uncertain, but it has been suggested that it evolved for the nurture of children.[1]

See also

The sociological development of religion includes such considerations as the evolutionary origin of religions and the evolutionary psychology of religion; the history of religions, including Prehistoric religion and Paleolithic religion; and the development of new religions.

See also

References

  1. Blaffer Hrdy, Sarah (2009). Mothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding. Belknap Press of Harvard University. ISBN 9780674032996.
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