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Neil Van Leeuwen

Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity

Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity

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Format: Hardback
Length: 312 pages
Publication date: 21 November 2023
Publisher: Harvard University Press

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.


Dimension: 235 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780674290334

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