Monotheism

Associated Documents (6)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Underhill, RalphEconomic and political antecedents of monotheism: a cross-cultural study
Swanson, Guy E.Monotheism, materialism, and collective purpose: an analysis of underhill's correlations
Swanson, Guy E.The birth of the gods; the origin of primitive beliefs
Gray, J. PatrickDo women have higher social status in hunting societies without high gods?
Stover, Ronald G.Monotheism and gender status: a cross-societal study
Terry, Roger L.Dependence nurturance and monotheism: a cross-cultural study

Associated Hypotheses (11)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Underhill, RalphEconomic complexity is positively associated with monotheism (859)
Underhill, RalphPolitical complexity is positively associated with monotheism (859)
Swanson, Guy E.Number of sovereign groups will be positively associated with monotheism (867-8).
Swanson, Guy E."Monotheism is positively related to the presence of a hierarchy of three or more sovereign groups in a society" (81)
Gray, J. PatrickRegionally, the relationship between monotheism and gender bias will vary significantly (1122)
Gray, J. PatrickControlling on monotheism, the number of sovereign groups will be positively associated with gender bias (1127)
Gray, J. PatrickControlling on gender bias, the number of sovereign groups will be positively associated with monotheism (1127)
Gray, J. PatrickControlling on sovereign groups, monotheism correlation with gender bias will be significantly reduced
Stover, Ronald G.Monotheism predicts more gender inequality (336); subsistence also predicts gender inequality
Terry, Roger L.Monotheism and dependence nurturance during childhood will be inversely related on a societal level. "Societies in which independence is stressed during childhood were hypothesized to evidence monotheistic beliefs, while societies in which dependence is nurtured were expected not to evidence monotheism (p.176)."
Terry, Roger L.Monotheism and distance between married sons and their parents will be directly related on a societal level. "Societies that prescribe that married sons live close to their parents were hypothesized not to evidence monotheism, whereas societies that prescribe that married sons live far from their parents were hypothesized to be monothestic (p.176)."

Associated OCMs

  1. spirits and gods