Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought
by:
Pascal Boyer (author)
Many of our questions about religion, says renowned anthropologist Pascal Boyer, are no longer mysteries. We are beginning to know how to answer questions such as "Why do people have religion?" Using findings from anthropology, cognitive science, linguistics, and evolutionary biology, Religion...
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Many of our questions about religion, says renowned anthropologist Pascal Boyer, are no longer mysteries. We are beginning to know how to answer questions such as "Why do people have religion?" Using findings from anthropology, cognitive science, linguistics, and evolutionary biology, Religion Explained shows how this aspect of human consciousness is increasingly admissible to coherent, naturalistic explanation. This brilliant and controversial book gives readers the first scientific explanation for what religious feeling is really about, what it consists of, and where it comes from.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780465006960 (0465006965)
ASIN: 465006965
Publish date: May 2nd 2002
Publisher: Basic Books
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Science,
Biology,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Anthropology,
Psychology,
Neuroscience,
Evolution,
Atheism
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