Religion Explained
Author: Boyer, Pascal
ISBN: 9780099282761
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 15 Nov 2002
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback / softback
A brilliant and provocative exploration of the nature of human religious belief, and what it can tell us about human psychology and evolution.
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?
ISBN: 9780099282761
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 15 Nov 2002
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback / softback
A brilliant and provocative exploration of the nature of human religious belief, and what it can tell us about human psychology and evolution.
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?
