This book provides a unique overview of current debates concerning religion and its historical variations. It is thus an ideal location for exploring theories about the role of religion in early settled life.
A nine-thousand-year old town in central Turkey, Çatalhöyük was first excavated in the 1960s and has since become integral to understanding the symbolic and ritual worlds of the early farmers and village-dwellers in the Middle East. Involving an eminent group of natural scientists, archaeologists, anthropologists, philosophers, and theologians, this volume examines Çatalhöyük as a case study.
This book presents an interdisciplinary study of the role of spirituality and religious ritual in the emergence of complex societies.
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