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Religion Explained: Literary Connections & Science

Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought is a 2001 book by cognitive anthropologist Pascal Boyer, in which the author discusses the evolutionary psychology of religion and evolutionary origin of religions.

Language: English [EN]
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Religion Explained topic overview

The analysis highlights Literary Connections and Science as prominent areas in the source structure around Religion Explained.

Related topics
41
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
45
Extracted relationships
24
Related term clusters
18
Bridge connections
45

What this topic covers Research coverage

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Summary · 23 topics
Reception · 13 topics
Overview · 4 topics
Editions and translations · 1 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Author
Pascal Boyer
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Basic Books
Language
English
Media type
Print
Pages
384

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Overview

Summary

Reception

Editions and translations

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How Religion Explained connects Entity context

The extracted context around Religion Explained shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Religion Explained → Boyer's, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Publishers, The American Another extracted example is Religion Explained → Boyer, Evans-Pritchard's, Zande. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Religion Explained

Top relations

related to Editions and translations · 10
Religion Explained → Boyer's, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Publishers, The American
related to Summary · 3
Religion Explained → Boyer, Evans-Pritchard's, Zande
related to Reception · 2
Religion Explained → Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, Critical
Author · 1
Religion Explained → Pascal Boyer
Language · 1
Religion Explained → English
Media type · 1
Religion Explained → Print
OCLC · 1
Religion Explained → 50628396
Pages · 1
Religion Explained → 384
Publication date · 1
Religion Explained → 2001
Publisher · 1
Religion Explained → Basic Books

Important terminology

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Important terminology

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Religion Explained relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 24 structured relationships around Religion Explained. Examples in this analysis include Religion Explained → Author → Pascal Boyer and Religion Explained → Language → English. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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Religion ExplainedAuthorPascal Boyer1.00infobox
Religion ExplainedLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Religion ExplainedMedia typePrint1.00infobox
Religion ExplainedOCLC506283961.00infobox
Religion ExplainedPages3841.00infobox
Religion ExplainedPublication date20011.00infobox
Religion ExplainedPublisherBasic Books1.00infobox
Religion ExplainedSubjectsEvolutionary psychology of religion Evolutionary origin of religions1.00infobox
Religion Explainedis aimportant book for a number of reasons0.90text
Religion Explainedrelated to Editions and translationsBoyer's0.60section
Religion Explainedrelated to Editions and translationsEnglish0.60section
Religion Explainedrelated to Editions and translationsFinnish0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Religion Explained bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Religion, Evolutionary and Origins. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Religion Explained, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Religion Explained with Summary. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Religion Explained — Summary · splits 22 ⟂ 24
Religion Explained — Reception · splits 32 ⟂ 14
Religion Explained — Overview · splits 41 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Religion Explained

Nodes46
Edges45
Triples24
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.043478
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Religion Explained to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Literary Connections & Science, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Religion Explained · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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