Religion Explained The Human Instincts That Fashion Gods, Spirits and Ancestors

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Publisher's Synopsis

Why are there religious beliefs in all cultures? Do they have features in common and why does religion persist in the face of science? Pascal Boyer shows how experimental findings in cognitive science, evolutionary biology and cultural anthropology are now providing precise answers to these general questions, and providing, for the first time, real answers to the question: Why do we believe?

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Book information

ISBN: 9780099282761
Publisher: Random House
Imprint: Vintage
Pub date:
DEWEY: 200.1
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 430
Weight: 320g
Height: 196mm
Width: 130mm
Spine width: 28mm