Moralizing Gods

Associated Documents (7)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Roes, Frans L.Moralizing gods and the arms-race hypothesis of human society growth
Brown, ChristianThe state and the supernatural: support for prosocial behavior
Barthes, JulienHuman social stratification and hypergyny: toward an understanding of male homosexual preference
Enke, BenjaminKinship, Cooperation, and the Evolution of Moral Systems
Lightner, Aaron D.Moralistic supernatural punishment is probably not associated with social complexity
Whitehouse, HarveyTesting the Big Gods hypothesis with global historical data: a review and“retake”
Whitehouse, HarveyRETRACTED: Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history

Associated Hypotheses (10)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Roes, Frans L.Population growth is positively associated with a belief in moralizing bonds (70).
Brown, ChristianCultural transmission, resource scarcity, animal husbandry, community size, and caste stratification will be positively associated with a belief in moralizing gods, while agricultural potential, population size, and external warfare will be negatively associated with a belief in moralizing gods (11).
Whitehouse, HarveyRETRACTED: There is an association between moral gods and social complexity (227).
Whitehouse, HarveyRETRACTED: Contrary to the Moral High Gods hypothesis, complex societies precede moralizing gods (227).
Barthes, JulienStratified societies will be positively associated with females marrying up.
Enke, BenjaminKinship tightness will be negatively correlated with the presence of moralizing gods.
Lightner, Aaron D.The "moralizing high gods" variable underestimates the prevalence of moralizing gods in ethnographic societies.
Lightner, Aaron D.The presence of moralizing gods is underestimated in societies with less social complexity.
Whitehouse, HarveyThere is an association between moral gods and sociopolitical complexity.
Whitehouse, HarveyContrary to the Big Gods hypothesis, sociopolitical complexity precedes moralizing gods.

Associated OCMs

  1. general character of religion
  2. spirits and gods
  3. religious experience