Abstract
The depth, reach, and relevance of Darwinian thinking has been aptly expressed by Daniel C. Dennett; in this review essay I wish to assess its worth in the study of religion. In what follows I will look at the idea that religious meaning systems are evolving, complex entities that undergo evolutionary processes. This idea can also be expressed as follows: religious meaning systems have the same mode of opera tion as the organic biosphere. Evolutionary thinking has pervaded Dennett's work. Content and. Consciousness (1969), Brainstorms (1982) and The Intentional Stance (1987) proposed a general theory of mind in which cognitive mechanisms and contents were constrained by environmental factors. In Den nett's scheme, organisms try out different courses of action, and the selective forces of the environment choose the viable ones. With hu
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