Religion and Equality in Human Evolution

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Research Article| November 01 2012 Religion and Equality in Human Evolution Robert N. Bellah Robert N. Bellah Author Informationrobert n. bellah is professor of sociology emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley. He was educated at Harvard University, receiving both a B.A. and a Ph.D. there. In 1985 he published Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life, in collaboration with Richard Madsen, William Sullivan, Ann Swidler, and Steven Tipton. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Tikkun (2012) 27 (4): 13–66. https://doi.org/10.1215/08879982-1729827 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Email Permissions Search Site Citation Robert N. Bellah; Religion and Equality in Human Evolution. Tikkun 1 November 2012; 27 (4): 13–66. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/08879982-1729827 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter Books & JournalsAll JournalsTikkun Search Advanced Search Where did we come from? What should we do here? Where are we going? As long as human beings ask these questions, we will need metanarratives — accounts of cosmological and biological evolution that place the human species in the context of what we know about the universe as a whole.In my book Religion in Human Evolution and its sequel, a work-in-progress titled The Modern Project in the Light of Human Evolution, I have been exploring a new metanarrative by means of an extended hypothesis about religion and equality in human evolution — a hypothesis that is open to correction at every point and raises far more questions than it can answer.I have come to view the Marxism of Marx and Engels (not of Lenin, nor certainly of Stalin, nor Mao) as a version of the biblical metanarrative about the history... Copyright © Tikkun magazine2012 You do not currently have access to this content.