Religion, Crime and Punishment
Autor: | Russil Durrant, Zoe Poppelwell |
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EAN: | 9783319644288 |
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Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | eBook |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 17.10.2017 |
Untertitel: | An Evolutionary Perspective |
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Schlagworte: | antisocial behavior cultural evolution f faith intergroup violence moral foundations theory morality peace building prejudice pro-social behavior rehabilitation secular self-control social-bonding supernatural punishment terrorism war |
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This book provides a critical discussion of the way in which religion influences: criminal and antisocial behaviour, punishment and the law, intergroup conflict and peace-making, and the rehabilitation of offenders. The authors argue that in order to understand how religion is related to each of these domains it is essential to recognise the evolutionary origins of religion as well as how genetic and cultural evolutionary processes have shaped its essential characteristics. Durrant and Poppelwell posit that the capacity of religion to bind individuals into socially cohesive 'moral communities' can help us to understand its complex relationship with cooperation, crime, punishment, inter-group conflict and forgiveness. An original and innovative study, this book will be of special interest to criminologists and other social scientists interested in the role of religion in crime, punishment, intergroup conflict and law.
Russil Durrant is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the Institute of Criminology at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Zoe Poppelwell is a PhD candidate in the Cultural Anthropology programme at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.