title: Mind God's mind: History, development, and teaching.
abstract: We dispute the target article that belief in Big Gods facilitated development of large societies and suggest that the direction of causality might be inverted. We also suggest that plain theory of mind (ToM), although necessary, is not sufficient to conceive Big Gods. Grasp of other aspects of the mind is required. However, this theory is useful for the teaching of religion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Sciences,University of Nicosia,Egkomi 1700,Cyprus.ademetriou@ucy.ac.cyhttp://www.unic.ac.cy/
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demetriou
authors.affiliation: Department of Primary Education,University of Thrace,Xanthi 671 00,Greece.nmakris@eled.duth.gr.
authors.forename: Nikos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Makris
authors.affiliation: Department of Primary Education,University of Western Macedonia,Kozani 501 00,Greece.dpnevma@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pnevmatikos
mesh_terms: D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D018737:Hand Strength; D012067:Religion; D012952:Societies; D056345:Theory of Mind