When does it matter that God is watching? : differential effects of large and small gods on cheating as a function of material insecurity in Yasawa, Fiji
Previous work on religion’s potential to suppress behaviours that threaten sustained cooperation is extended to villagers in Yasawa, Fiji. Yasawans’ co-existing Christian (Bible God) and local, deified ancestor spirit (Kalou-vu) beliefs provide comparisons of different kinds of deities’ impact on pr...
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University of British Columbia
2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43014 |