God's punishment and public goods

Societies in which high gods are more active and concerned with human morality will have centralized enforcement and sanctioning systems (421).

Three of the four measures of centralized enforcement and sanctioning systems were significant.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
tau-b	Partially supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	Two-tailed

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Centralized Enforcement And Sanctioning Systems	Dependent	Social Control, Sanctions
Presence Of High Gods	Independent	Spirits And Gods, Prayers And Sacrifices, Avoidance And Taboo

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Peoples, Hervey C.	2016	Evolution of high gods and active high gods will be positively associated with the evolution of other ancestral hunter-gatherer religious characteristics (274).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Hull, Brooks	1989	The degree to which a woman's marriage is arranged by her family will be negatively related to religious power (17).	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Roberts, John M.	1967	". . . high gods are associated with both oaths and ordeals. The absence of ordeals is also linked with the absence of high gods. Directionally oaths are associated with the presence of supportive gods" (185)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Otterbein, Keith F.	1986	Centralized political systems are more likely to incarcerate criminals (p. 91).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Otterbein, Keith F.	1986	Centralized political systems are more likely to torture criminals (p.93).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author