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List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- Introduction: Connecting Religion, Sex, and Evolution / Jason Slone and James A. Slyke -- Chapter 1. Why Don't Abstinence Education Programs Work? (And Other Puzzles): Exploring Causal Variables in Sexual Selectionist Theories of Religion / James A. Slyke -- Chapter 2. Religion and Parental Cooperation: An Empirical Test of Slone's Sexual Signaling Model / Joseph Bulbulia, John H. Shaver, Lara M. Greaves, Richard Sosis and Chris G. Sibley -- Chapter 3. How Is't With Thy Religion, Pray? Selection of Religiosity Among Individuals and Groups / Michael Blume -- Chapter 4. Losing My Religion: An Analysis of the Decline in Religious Attendance from Childhood to Adulthood / Jason Weeden -- Chapter 5. Costly Signaling Theory, Sexual Selection, and the Influence of Ancestors on Religious Behavior / Craig T. Palmer and Ryan O. Begley -- Chapter 6. When Religion Makes It Worse: Religiously Motivated Violence as a Sexual Selection Weapon / Yael Sela, Todd K. Shackelford and James R. Liddle -- Chapter 7. The Dividends of Discounting Pain: Self-Inflicted Pain as a Reputational Commodity / Matthew Martinez and Pierre Lienard -- Chapter 8. False Advertising: The Attractiveness of Religion as a Moral Brand / Panagiotis Mitkidis and Gabriel Levy -- Chapter 9. Fathering, Rituals, and Mating: Exploring Paternal Stability and Sexual Strategies in Early Religious Practices / David Bell -- Chapter 10. The Evolutionary Psychology of Theology / Andrew Mahoney -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.