Attachment, evolution, and the psychology of religion /
Lee A. Kirkpatrick.
- New York : Guilford Press, c2005.
- xvi, 400 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 364-386) and index.
Introduction to attachment theory -- God as an attachment figure -- More on religion as an attachment process: some extensions and limitations -- Individual differences in attachment and religion: the correspondence hypothesis -- God as a substitute attachment figure: The compensation hypothesis -- Attachment in context: introduction to evolutionary psychology -- Attachment theory in modern evolutionary perspective -- Religion: adaptation or evolutionary by-product -- Beyond attachment: religion and other evolved psychological mechanisms -- The cognitive origins of religious belief -- Beyond genes: learning, rationality, and culture -- Toward an evolutionary psychology of religion.