Gods, rituals, and the moral order

In many societies, religion and morality will not be associated (621).

Descriptive table notes only 23.9% of societies in Ethnographic Atlas sample acknowledge a High God concerned with human morality.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Comparison of percentages	Support claimed	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Belief In Moralizing Gods	Dependent	Spirits And Gods, Theological Systems

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Roes, Frans L.	2003	Society size will be associated with a belief in moralizing gods (128).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Whitehouse, Harvey	2019	RETRACTED: There is an association between moral gods and social complexity (227).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Whitehouse, Harvey	2023	There is an association between moral gods and sociopolitical complexity.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Peoples, Hervey C.	2016	Evolution of high gods and active high gods will be positively associated with the evolution of other ancestral hunter-gatherer religious characteristics (274).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Whitehouse, Harvey	2019	RETRACTED: Contrary to the Moral High Gods hypothesis, complex societies precede moralizing gods (227).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author