Explaining religion. The Nature of Religious Thinking
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Where does the desire to believe in a higher power come from? How do religious ideas arise, and why does faith continue to play such an important role in the life of a person in the 21st century? The book by French anthropologist Pascal Boyer describes the phenomenon of religion from the perspective of evolutionary psychology. The scientist finds the background of beliefs and religious rituals in the principles of the work of human consciousness. One by one, he refutes the widespread “theories” of the origin of religion - it arose to explain incomprehensible natural phenomena and personal experiences, it consoles, it ensures social order - and reveals to the reader the amazing features of the structure of our mind.
The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.
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- Name of the Author
- Паскаль Буайе
- Language
- Ukrainian
- Release date
- 2016
- Translator
- Мария Николаевна Десятова
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