Darwin Day Special, Part 2: Evolutionary Psychology and Religion

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🗓️ 12 February 2009

⏱️ 23 minutes

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In part 2 of this special Darwin Day podcast, Hofstra University religion professor John Teehan discusses the study of religion from an evolutionary psychology perspective Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming.
0:02.3	Hiya.
0:02.9	So, Benny has really blossomed this term.
0:05.6	You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay.
0:09.6	Oh, that's not quite what I meant.
0:11.1	It's free to sell on there.
0:12.3	Free to sell?
0:13.4	Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket.
0:16.8	You sold my guitar?
0:19.9	Shall we talk about Benny?
0:22.1	When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say when it's eBay.
0:26.7	Things people love.
0:28.0	T's and Cs apply, exclusive vehicles.
0:31.8	Welcome back for part two of our special three-part Darwin Day edition of Scientific American Science Talk.
0:38.3	I'm Steve Mursky.
0:39.6	We'll continue with another presentation from the Darwin event last week,
0:43.3	sponsored by the New York Society for Ethical Culture.
0:46.2	John Tien is Associate Professor of Religion at Hofstra University.
0:50.8	He's the author of the upcoming book, In the Name of God,
0:53.6	The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Ethics and Violence.
0:57.0	He talked about the study of religion from an evolutionary psychology perspective.
1:01.0	I'm very pleased to have been invited here today to help celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin.
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