What role has religion played in the major civilizational transformations associated with the Neolithic Revolution, the Axial Age, and Modernity? This book intr

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'God from the machine' (deus ex machina) refers to an ancient dramatic device where a god was mechanically brought onto the stage to save the hero from a diffic

1. Introduction -- 2. Religions old and new -- 3. Bonding and belief -- 4. Identity and extremism -- 5. Artificial intelligence and religions in Silico -- 6. Fr