title: Parochial prosocial religions: Historical and contemporary evidence for a cultural evolutionary process.
abstract: In our response to the 27 commentaries, we refine the theoretical claims, clarify several misconceptions of our framework, and explore substantial disagreements. In doing so, we (1) show that our framework accommodates multiple historical scenarios; (2) debate the historical evidence, particularly about "pre-Axial" religions; (3) offer important details about cultural evolutionary theory; (4) clarify the term prosociality; and (4) discuss proximal mechanisms. We review many interesting extensions, amplifications, and qualifications of our approach made by the commentators.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 Canada. ara@psych.ubc.ca http://www.psych.ubc.ca/~ara/
authors.forename: Ara
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Norenzayan
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene,OR 97403. shariff@uoregon.edu http://sharifflab.com/
authors.forename: Azim F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Shariff
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506. will.gervais@uky.edu http://willgervais.com
authors.forename: Will M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Gervais
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712. aiyana@psych.ubc.ca http://www.aiyanawillard.com
authors.forename: Aiyana K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Willard
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 Canada. ramcnama@psych.ubc.ca
authors.forename: Rita A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: McNamara
authors.affiliation: Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2Canada. edward.slingerland@gmail.com http://eslingerland.arts.ubc.ca
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Slingerland
authors.affiliation: Departments of Psychology & Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4Canada. joseph.henrich@gmail.com http://www.psych.ubc.ca/~henrich/
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Henrich
mesh_terms: D003468:Cultural Evolution; D012067:Religion