No one reading this seven hundred page book can fail to be impressed with the sweep of its argument or…
What should we now do differently?
Religion in Human Evolution
Weber for the 21st century
For almost one hundred years, all sociologists of religion have taken Max Weber’s great work on comparative religions as a primary point…
Where did religion come from?
When an interviewer for the Atlantic Monthly blog asked me “What prompted you to write this book?” I apparently replied,…
The big bang
Peter Manseau reviews Robert Bellah's Religion in Human Evolution.
Nothing is ever lost: An interview with Robert Bellah
Both an influential scholar and a public intellectual, Robert Bellah is one of the foremost sociologists of his generation. His…
Robert Bellah on religion’s place in evolution
The Atlantic interviews Robert Bellah about his new tome Religion in Human Evolution. In the interview, he explains the impetus…