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Director of the Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion, University of Oxford

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January 02, 2010

The Secret That Makes Religion (PDF)→

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- New Scientist
December 26, 2009 & January 2, 2010

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April 20, 2009

Explaining Religion: What's Love Got to Do With It?→

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- Faith & Reason, USA Today
April 20, 2009

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April 18, 2009

What Does That Stick in the Mud Mean?→

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April 18, 2009

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Against interpretive exclusivism

Whitehouse, H. (2024). Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Anthropology in Action in Vanuatu: Troubleshooting Disaster Relief in the Wake of Tropical Cyclones Judy and Kevin

Whitehouse, H. & Tanguay, J. (2024). Anthropology in Action.

Rethinking ritual: how rituals made our world and how they could save it

Whitehouse, H. (2023) Journal of the Royal Anthrological Institute.

Dying for the group: Towards a general theory of extreme self-sacrifice

Harvey Whitehouse (2018) Behavioral and Brain Sciences 42

The evolution of extreme cooperation via shared dysphoric experiences

Harvey Whitehouse et al. (2017). Nature: Scientific Reports 7.

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Harvey appeared in episode 4, "Creation," of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman, Sunday, 24 April on National Geographic Channel UK.

Harvey appeared in episode 4, "Creation," of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman, Sunday, 24 April on National Geographic Channel UK.

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