Religion explained : the human instincts that fashion gods, spirits and ancestors

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Religion explained : the human instincts that fashion gods, spirits and ancestors

Pascal Boyer

Vintage Books, 2002, c2001

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Originally published: London : Heinemann, 2001

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

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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  • NCID
    BB00004603
  • ISBN
    • 9780099282761
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 430 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
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