Format:
1 online resource (311 pages)
ISBN:
9780674294936
Content:
Drawing on a range of hard evidence, Neil Van Leeuwen shows that the psychological mechanisms underlying religious belief are the same as those enabling imaginative play. He argues that we should therefore understand religious belief as a form of make-believe that people use to define their group identity and express the values sacred to them.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780674290334
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Van Leeuwen, Neil, - 1978- Religion as Make-Believe Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2023 ISBN 9780674290334
Language:
English
