title: Even "Bigger Gods" developed amongst the pastoralist followers of Moses and Mohammed: Consistent with uncertainty and disadvantage, but not prosocality.
abstract: The gods of monotheistic religions, which began amongst pastoralists and defeated exiles, are closer to Big Gods than those associated with ancient city-based polities. The development of Big Gods is contingent upon a need to reduce uncertainty and negative feelings in combination with a relatively high level of prosociality, rather than a need to induce or assess prosociality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology,Oulo University,FI-90014,Finland.ecdutton@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dutton
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology,Umeå University,SE-901 87 Umeå,Sweden.guy.madison@psy.umu.sehttp://www.umu.se/english.
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Madison
mesh_terms: D012067:Religion; D035501:Uncertainty