We applaud the authors' impressive effort in compiling the Seshat database, as well as the
remarkable Analytic Narratives they produced on supernatural punishment. This project …

Evolutionary theories of religion frequently assume that the presence of moralizing gods is
positively associated with social complexity. An influential source of evidence for this …

Assessing relationships between culture and cognition is central to psychological science.
To this end, free-listing is a useful methodological instrument. To facilitate its wider use, we …

Many cognitive and evolutionary theories of religion argue that supernatural explanations
are byproducts of our cognitive adaptations. An influential argument states that our …

Psychological and cultural evolutionary accounts of human sociality propose that beliefs in
punitive and monitoring gods that care about moral norms facilitate cooperation. While there …

What explains the ubiquity and cultural success of prosocial religions? Leading accounts
argue that prosocial religions evolved because they help societies grow and promote group …

What explains the ubiquity of religions across time and space, and why do these
supernatural belief systems seem to have so much in common? Many cognitive scientists of …

Recent research has shown that an array of religious beliefs can be used to enforce socially
normative behaviour, but the application of these theories to other supernatural beliefs …

We warmly thank the commentators on our article for their candid, constructive, and critical
remarks. Indeed, rather than merely replies to our introductory article, the commentaries are …

What a privilege it is to have our work openly reviewed by such a diverse and competent
group of established and early-career researchers! We are deeply grateful to the …