This book explores the philosophical and theological significance of evolutionary anthropology and includes diverse approaches to the relationship between evolution, culture and religion.

1 Introduction-Martin Breul and Caroline Helmus; 2 Some Thoughts on Evolution, Culture, and Religion-Michael Tomasello; Part I The Philosophical Foundations of Evolutionary Anthropology; 3 Michael Tomasello's Vision of Human Uniqueness and the Place of Human Religion-Wesley Wildman;4 How Transcendental Aristotelianism can integrate Tomasello's Natural History of Morality-Christian Illies; 5 Pointing as Intending. On the Social and Cognitive Significance of Deictic Communication-Henning Tegtmeyer; Part II Theological Perspectives on Evolutionary Anthropology; 6 The Nature of Humanity and the Origins of Religion: Contributions from Michael Tomasello-Marcia Pally; 7 Tomasello and Kant. Religious Faith and the Evolution of Morality--Empirical Support for Kant's 'Postulates of Practical Reason'?-Martin Breul; 8 Embodied Image of God. Evolutionary Anthropology in Theological Perspective-Gregor Etzelmüller; 9 Cultural Learning, Embodiment and Relationality in Evolutionary and Theological Anthropology-Caroline Helmus; Part III Broadening the View: Further Reflections on Religion, Science, and Modernity; 10 Deficiency Guarantee? Jürgen Habermas on the Anthropological and Evolutionary Function of the Sacred Complex-Thomas M. Schmidt; 11 Between Relevance and Redundancy. Thoughts on the Profile of Theology in the Ever-Accelerating Late Modernity-Anne Weber; 12 Excess and Evolution. The Transgressive Sources of (R)Evolution-Sarah Rosenhauer