Religion in Human Evolution
E176865
Religion in Human Evolution is a major scholarly work that traces the development of religious thought and practice from early human societies to the emergence of the great historical religions, integrating insights from sociology, anthropology, and evolutionary theory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Religion in Human Evolution canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1567157 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Religion in Human Evolution Context triple: [Robert N. Bellah, notableWork, Religion in Human Evolution]
-
A.
An Analysis of Religious Belief
An Analysis of Religious Belief is a 19th-century work of religious criticism by John Russell, Viscount Amberley, examining the origins, validity, and social impact of religious doctrines.
-
B.
The Adapted Mind
The Adapted Mind is a foundational book in evolutionary psychology that argues the human mind consists of numerous evolved, domain-specific psychological mechanisms shaped by natural selection.
-
C.
Program for the Evolution of Spirituality
The Program for the Evolution of Spirituality is a Harvard Divinity School initiative that explores and supports emerging forms of spiritual life and practice in contemporary society.
-
D.
The Natural History of Religion
The Natural History of Religion is a philosophical work by David Hume that examines the origins and development of religious belief in human societies through a skeptical and empirical lens.
-
E.
Three Essays on Religion
Three Essays on Religion is a posthumously published collection of philosophical essays by John Stuart Mill that critically examines religious belief, theism, and the role of religion in moral life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Religion in Human Evolution Target entity description: Religion in Human Evolution is a major scholarly work that traces the development of religious thought and practice from early human societies to the emergence of the great historical religions, integrating insights from sociology, anthropology, and evolutionary theory.
-
A.
An Analysis of Religious Belief
An Analysis of Religious Belief is a 19th-century work of religious criticism by John Russell, Viscount Amberley, examining the origins, validity, and social impact of religious doctrines.
-
B.
The Adapted Mind
The Adapted Mind is a foundational book in evolutionary psychology that argues the human mind consists of numerous evolved, domain-specific psychological mechanisms shaped by natural selection.
-
C.
Program for the Evolution of Spirituality
The Program for the Evolution of Spirituality is a Harvard Divinity School initiative that explores and supports emerging forms of spiritual life and practice in contemporary society.
-
D.
The Natural History of Religion
The Natural History of Religion is a philosophical work by David Hume that examines the origins and development of religious belief in human societies through a skeptical and empirical lens.
-
E.
Three Essays on Religion
Three Essays on Religion is a posthumously published collection of philosophical essays by John Stuart Mill that critically examines religious belief, theism, and the role of religion in moral life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ scholarly work ⓘ |
| academicField |
anthropology
ⓘ
evolutionary social science ⓘ religious studies ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| author | Robert N. Bellah ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coversPeriod |
early human societies
ⓘ
emergence of historical world religions ⓘ |
| examines |
Axial Age religions
ⓘ
emergence of universal religions ⓘ hunter-gatherer religious forms ⓘ tribal and archaic religions ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
development of religious practice
ⓘ
development of religious thought ⓘ |
| hasForm |
ebook
ⓘ
hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| integratesDiscipline |
anthropology
ⓘ
evolutionary biology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
advanced general readers interested in religion and evolution
ⓘ
graduate students ⓘ scholars ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comprehensive evolutionary account of religion
ⓘ
interdisciplinary synthesis of social theory and evolutionary theory ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 784 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harvard University Press ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor | Habits of the Heart ⓘ |
| subject |
anthropology of religion
ⓘ
comparative religion ⓘ cultural evolution ⓘ evolution of religion ⓘ evolutionary theory ⓘ religion ⓘ sociology of religion ⓘ |
| theoreticalApproach |
Durkheimian sociology
ⓘ
comparative historical analysis ⓘ evolutionary theory ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Religion in Human Evolution Description of subject: Religion in Human Evolution is a major scholarly work that traces the development of religious thought and practice from early human societies to the emergence of the great historical religions, integrating insights from sociology, anthropology, and evolutionary theory.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Robert N. Bellah