{"product_id":"religion-disease-and-immunology-thomas-b-ellis-9781526629241","title":"Religion, Disease, and Immunology","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book argues that religion has emerged over evolutionary time as a strategy for managing the transmission, contraction, and eradication of infectious disease. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From purity and pollution codes to blood sacrifices and irrational beliefs, the book shows how religion supports not only the physiological immune system, but the behavioral and psychological immune systems as well. The book also addresses those moments when it appears that religion becomes maladaptive, that is, when religion causes \"autoimmune problems,\" such as celibacy and anti-vaccination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Engaging material ranging from evolutionary and social psychology to human behavioral ecology, biological anthropology, Darwinian medicine, and religious studies, the book proposes that in order to understand the human animal's enduring fascination with religion, one must take into account the enduring need to manage infectious disease.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas B. Ellis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526629240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526629241\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.52d","brand":"Thomas B. Ellis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44756663304447,"sku":"9781526629241","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fb009b87-9d85-48d7-8e05-8ee2ed8eaaf0.jpg?v=1706593548","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/religion-disease-and-immunology-thomas-b-ellis-9781526629241","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}