{"product_id":"religion-disease-and-immunology-paperback","title":"Religion, Disease, and Immunology - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas B. Ellis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDonald Wiebe\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLuther H. Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book argues that religion has emerged over evolutionary time as a strategy for managing the transmission, contraction, and eradication of infectious disease. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From purity and pollution codes to blood sacrifices and irrational beliefs, the book shows how religion supports not only the physiological immune system, but the behavioral and psychological immune systems as well. The book also addresses those moments when it appears that religion becomes maladaptive, that is, when religion causes \"autoimmune problems,\" such as celibacy and anti-vaccination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Engaging material ranging from evolutionary and social psychology to human behavioral ecology, biological anthropology, Darwinian medicine, and religious studies, the book proposes that in order to understand the human animal's enduring fascination with religion, one must take into account the enduring need to manage infectious disease.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas B. Ellis \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Religion at Appalachian State University, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47404120113330,"sku":"9781526629241","price":71.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/fa7f93770d670c08f8adb35e832ca47f.webp?v=1778152505","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/religion-disease-and-immunology-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}