Description:
This book examines a possible source for the origin of religion, using the theory of evolution and findings from cognitive science. It adds a theory of power to suggest the agency of early Homo sapiens.
Review Quotes:
Nostalgia for Origins moves through literature surveys to support its basic concepts of empowerment; the biochemical, bodily characteristics of religious experience; and the social and evolutionary function of religion in enhancing human transmission of ritual. The book answers recent materialistic, evolutionary critics of religion on the critics' own terms. -CHOICE