title: Religion promotes a love for thy neighbour: But how big is the neighbourhood?
abstract: The term prosocial has often been taken to mean nice or neighbourly, but many acts that further in-group interests are hostile and aggressive towards out-groups. According to Norenzayan et al., religion's ability to foster social cohesion within religious groups has been a key factor in the human transition to complex societies. But what are the prospects for nonparochial "religious prosociality"?
authors.affiliation: ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders,Department of Psychology,Royal Holloway,University of London,Egham,Surrey TW20 0EX,United Kingdomryantmckay@mac.comhttp://tinyurl.com/ryan-mckay.
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McKay
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology,School of Anthropology,University of Oxford,Oxford OX2 6PE,United Kingdom.harvey.whitehouse@anthro.ox.ac.ukhttp://www.harveywhitehouse.com/
authors.forename: Harvey
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Whitehouse
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D012067:Religion; D012111:Residence Characteristics