title: Hell of a theory.
abstract: The theory of group-selected Big God religions is a master narrative of cultural evolution. The evidence is a positive manifold of correlated assumptions and variables. Although provocative, the theory is overly elastic. Its critical ingredient - belief in Big Gods - is neither necessary nor sufficient to account for in-group prosociality and discipline. Four specific issues illustrate this elasticity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cognitive,Linguistic & Psychological Sciences,Brown University,Providence,RI 02912.joachim@brown.eduhttp://research.brown.edu/research/profile.php?id=10378.
authors.forename: Joachim I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Krueger
mesh_terms: D003468:Cultural Evolution; D006801:Humans; D012067:Religion