Where Do Deity Concepts Come From?

In this video I describe one framework from the Cognitive Science of Religion for understanding how concepts of deity developed and were transmitted. The paper I referenced at the end is accessible at this link:

https://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~ara/Manusc...

The other books I mentioned are for sale at the following links:

Pyysiäinen, Supernatural Agents
https://global.oup.com/academic/produ...

Norenzayan, Big Gods
https://press.princeton.edu/books/pap...

Other related publications:

White, An Introduction to the Cognitive Science of Religion
https://www.routledge.com/An-Introduc...

Whitehouse, The Ritual Animal
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Slone & McCorkle, eds., The Cognitive Science of Religion
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/cogniti...