Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society

Why read it

• You will see how to turn a vague claim, that a group is like a body, into something you can test
• You will ask what practical good religion does for the people who share it
• You will meet the argument that human nature itself can evolve

Who it is for

• Skeptics who want to understand why religion lasts
• Team builders curious why some groups pull together
• Readers of evolution who want it applied to society

Contents

1. Introduction: Church as Organism
2. Chapter 1. The View from Evolutionary Biology
3. Chapter 2. The View from the Social Sciences
4. Chapter 3. Calvinism: An Argument from Design
5. Chapter 4. The Secular Utility of Religion: Historical Examples
6. Chapter 5. The Secular Utility of Religion: The Modern Literature
7. Chapter 6. Forgiveness as a Complex Adaptation
8. Chapter 7. Unifying Systems

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