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

Pascal Boyer

Religion Explained: The Human Instincts That Fashion Gods, Spirits and Ancestors
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage
Country
United Kingdom
Published
15 November 2002
Pages
448
ISBN
9780099282761

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

Pascal Boyer

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 question, and providing, for the first time, real answers to the question: Why do we believe?

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