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Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Subject and Plan of the Study; 1.2 The Intellectual Context; 1.2.1 The Perspective of Complex Adaptive Systems; 1.2.2 The Modelling Approach; 1.2.3 Evolution of Religion on Multiple Levels; 1.2.4 Norm Groups Emerge from Psychological Rudiments; 1.2.5…