Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Religion: What Needs to Be Explained?; Chapter 2 Previous Explanations of Religion; Chapter 3 Changing the Question; Chapter 4 In the Beginning: Ancestor Worship; Chapter 5 Totemism; Chapter 6 Myth; Chapter 7 Shamans; Chapter 8 Magic; Chapter 9 Divination; Chapter 10 Sacrifice: Voluntary Suffering; Chapter 11 The Killing of Witches; Chapter 12 Prophets and Modern Religions; Chapter 13 Conclusion;

About the Author

Craig T. Palmer is Assistant Professor of anthropology at the University of Missouri-Columbia and coauthor of A Natural History of Rape: Biological Bases of Sexual Coercion (MIT Press 2001).Lyle B. Steadman is Professor of human evolution and social change at Arizona State University.