Literature & Ideas


	How successful are recent evolutionary explanations of the persistence of religion? Essay by Toby Vacher - 8 points A discussion of the conflicting evolutionary views of the persistence of religion, contrasting the adaptation and by-product views of religious evolution. More

	Snorri Sturluson's Conceptualisation of the Kenning Essay by Thomas Gizbert - 0 points This essay examines what Skaldskaparmal can tell us about Snorri Sturluson's conceptualisation of the kenning and his justification of it as the primary mode of poetic diction within skaldic verse. More