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  Religion Explained: The Human Instincts That Fashion Gods, Spirits and Ancestors (Paperback) By (author) Pascal Boyer

  

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  Short Description for Religion ExplainedWhy are there religious beliefs in all cultures? Do they have features in common and why does religion persist in the face of science? This work shows how experimental findings in cognitive science, evolutionary biology and cultural anthropology are providing precise answers to these general questions.
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  • Publisher: VINTAGE
  • Published: 07 November 2002
  • Format: Paperback 448 pages
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  • Categories: Anthropology | Psychology | Religion | Philosophy Of Religion
  • ISBN 13: 9780099282761 ISBN 10: 0099282763
  • Sales rank: 72,431

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Full description for Religion Explained

• 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?