Economic and political antecedents of monotheism: a cross-cultural study

Political complexity is positively associated with monotheism (859)

See results in Table 4 (853)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Goodman and Kruskal’s lambda	Supported	p<.001	.56	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Monotheism	Dependent	Spirits And Gods
Political Complexity	Independent	Territorial Hierarchy

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Underhill, Ralph	1975	Economic complexity is positively associated with monotheism (859)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Hope, Christine A.	1987	Subsistence patterns and religious beliefs will predict gender status, but social complexity will not.	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Abrahamson, Mark	1969	"Political complexity is inversely related to pervasiveness of the kinship organization" (692)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Abrahamson, Mark	1969	"Political complexity is directly related to the degree of external threat" (693)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Otterbein, Keith F.	1971	"[There is a] relationship between political complexity . . . and the frequency of attacking" (114)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author