Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Religion and Reality -- 2. Religion and Evolution -- 3. Tribal Religion: The Production of Meaning -- 4. From Tribal to Archaic Religion: Meaning and Power -- 5. Archaic Religion: God and King -- 6. The Axial Age I: Introduction and Ancient Israel -- 7. The Axial Age II: Ancient Greece -- 8. The Axial Age III: China in the Late First Millennium BCE -- 9. The Axial Age IV: Ancient India -- 10. Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.