#Religion in Human Evolution, part 1: the co-evolution of gods and humanity | Andrew Brown | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
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It is an account of some of the ways in which human beings have made religions and religions have made us. The process continues, of course. If there are two faculties that make us into people, they are narration and contemplation. Religions unite them, and stimulate both. But it does much more than that.