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Name: Religion Explained
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Author: Pascal Boyer

Pascal Boyer, a professor of anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, draws on cognitive science and evolutionary psychology to investigate the common threads that run through human religious belief. By comparing religious systems in a manner reminiscent of Chomsky’s and Pinker’s studies of language, Boyer seeks to explain why such a vast array of faiths exist, yet share fundamental psychological and evolutionary roots. Rather than reducing religion to simplistic explanations, the book offers a thoughtful, multidisciplinary exploration of religion as a universal facet of human experience, rooted in our shared cognition and cultural evolution.

First publish date: 2001

Genre: Psychology/Cognitive Psychology

Authors: Pascal Boyer

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