Mutualistic Cooperation — Why Religion Is Common but Saints Are Rare

Luke J. Matthews

ResearchPosted on rand.org Jul 19, 2016Published in: Religion, Brain & Behavior, 2016

This commentary on a larger focus article suggests that religion may improve wellness through mutualistic benefits that do not require truly altruistic cooperation and related cultural signaling systems.

Read More

Topics

Document Details

  • Copyright: Taylor & Francis Group
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2016
  • Pages: 33
  • Document Number: EP-66552

This publication is part of the RAND external publication series. Many RAND studies are published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals, as chapters in commercial books, or as documents published by other organizations.

RAND is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.