The birth of the gods revisited: a partial replication of guy swanson's (1960) cross-cultural study of religion

Cross-Cultural Research • Published In 1996 • Pages: 84-112 •

By Peregrine, Peter N.

Hypothesis

The presence of monotheistic high gods will be more likely in societies with three or more types of sovereign groups ranked in hierarchical order (89).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Chi square	Supported	p<.001	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
High Gods	Dependent	Spirits And Gods
Levels Of Sovereign Organization	Independent	Territorial Hierarchy

Related Hypotheses

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Simpson, John H.	1979	Inertness of subsistence raw materials and number of sovereign groups will be associated with the presence of high gods (302).	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Swanson, Guy E.	1960	". . . the greater the number of sovereign groups in excess of two, the more likely the high god will be active and even concerned with human morality" (78)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Gray, J. Patrick	1987	Controlling on monotheism, the number of sovereign groups will be positively associated with gender bias (1127)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Gray, J. Patrick	1987	Controlling on gender bias, the number of sovereign groups will be positively associated with monotheism (1127)	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Gray, J. Patrick	1987	Controlling on sovereign groups, monotheism correlation with gender bias will be significantly reduced	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author