Moralizing_gods: Religious ideology and population growth

Moralizing_godsR Documentation

Religious ideology and population growth

Description

Historical data on human societies, their population sizes, and the present or absence of moralizing gods. Moralizing gods are defined as gods that are believed to enforce prosocial behavior through punishment or reward.

Usage

data(Moralizing_gods)

Format

  1. polity: Name of society

  2. year: Calendar year of record

  3. population: Log population of polity

  4. moralizing_gods: Indicator of presence (1), absence (0), or unknown (NA)

  5. writing: Presence of written records

References

Whitehouse et al. 2019. Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1043-4


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