Overview
- The only solidly grounded theory about why and how religion began
- Explains the theoretical background in simple terms
- Each aspect of the theory is substantiated by archaeological examples and explanatory pictures
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: The Frontiers Collection (FRONTCOLL)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Ina Wunn studied Biology and Geology at Philipps-University of Marburg and received a doctorate in Palaeontology (Dr. rer. nat.) in 1985. After a three-year stay in Africa she returned to university to study Religious Studies and Philosophy and to do a doctoral degree in Religious Studies in 1999. In 2002, she received the postdoctoral lecturer qualification (venia legendi) in Religious Studies from University of Hanover and has subsequently been Professor of Religious Studies at the Universities of Bielefeld and, later, Hanover. In her research Ina Wunn focuses on theory of science, especially scientific approaches in the humanities, as well as theories of the origin of religion and prehistoric religion.
Davina Grojnowski completed her doctoral degree in the field of Theology and Religious Studies at King's College London, UK. She holds an Undergraduate degree in Classics, also from King’s, and a Master’s degree in Jewish Studies from the University of Oxford. Her research interests lie in the religious literature of the Second Temple period, including the representation of the body in religious thought. She has taught at the University of Bielefeld, Germany, and King's College London, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ancestors, Territoriality, and Gods
Book Subtitle: A Natural History of Religion
Authors: Ina Wunn, Davina Grojnowski
Series Title: The Frontiers Collection
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-52757-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52755-9Published: 09 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-57078-4Published: 12 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-52757-3Published: 27 July 2016
Series ISSN: 1612-3018
Series E-ISSN: 2197-6619
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 290
Number of Illustrations: 97 b/w illustrations
Topics: Religious Studies, general, Behavioral Sciences, Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Evolutionary Biology