Introduction: Evolution and mind
The evolution of morality
Setting the task
The moral brain
The first layer : kin selection
The second layer : reciprocal altruism
A third layer : indirect reciprocity
A fourth layer : cultural group selection
A fifth layer : the moral emotions
Conclusion: From moral grammar to moral systems
The evolution of moral religions
Setting the task
The evolution of the religious mind
Conceptualizing the almighty
The moral function of gods
Evolutionary religious ethics : Judaism
Setting the task
Constructing Yahweh
TheTen Commandments : an evolutionary interpretation
Conclusion: The evolved law
Evolutionary religious ethics : Christianity
Setting the task
Constructing the Christ
Setting the boundaries : Christian and/or Jew?
The third race : Christians as in-group
Putting on Christ : Christianity's signals of commitment
Loving your neighbor and turning the other cheek
Religion, violence, and the evolved mind
Setting the task
Devoted to destruction : sanctified violence and Judaism
The blood of the Lamb
A case study in the evolved psychology of religious violence : 9/11/01
Religion evolving
Setting the task
Varieties of religious expressions
If there were no God
Religion, ethics, and violence : an assessment
Responding to religion, ethics, and violence : some proposals.