Religion in human evolution : from the Paleolithic to the Axial age / Robert N. Bellah.

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.

xxvii, 746 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Religion and reality -- Religion and evolution -- Tribal religion : the production of meaning -- From tribal to archaic religion : meaning and power -- Archaic religion : God and king -- The Axial Age I : introduction and ancient Israel -- The Axial Age II : ancient Greece -- The Axial Age III : China in the late first millennium BCE -- The Axial Age IV : ancient India -- Conclusion.