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Is God in Our Genes? (cover story)
In: TIME Magazine, Jg. 164 (2004-10-25), Heft 17, S. 62-70
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Reports on a provocative study to determine if religion is a product of evolution. Debate which is over which came first, God, or the need for God; Questions on why some people are more spiritual than others and if it is nature or nuture that makes them so; Possibility that the need for God may be a crucial trait stamped into our genome; "The God Gene: How Faith Is Hardwired into Our Genes," by Dean Hamer, which claims that not only is human spirituality an adaptive trait but that he has located the genes responsible; Contention of the author that the gene happens to also code for production of the neurotransmitters that regulate mood; Reaction from theologians; Details of Hamer's study; Buddhists who accept that man inherits spirituality; History of research into the topic. INSET: How Spiritual Are You?.
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Is God in Our Genes? (cover story)
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Kluger, Jeffrey ; Chu, Jeff ; Liston, Broward ; Sieger, Maggie ; Williams, Daniel |
Zeitschrift: | TIME Magazine, Jg. 164 (2004-10-25), Heft 17, S. 62-70 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2004 |
Medientyp: | serialPeriodical |
ISSN: | 0040-781X (print) |
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