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Why We Believe: Evolution and the Human Way of Being

by Agustín Fuentes

A wide-ranging argument by a renowned anthropologist that the capacity to believe is what makes us human Why are so many humans religious? Why do we daydream, imagine, and hope? Philosophers, theologians, social scientists, and historians have offered explanations for centuries, but their accounts often ignore or even avoid human evolution.

Publisher

Yale University Press

Publication date

2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

280

ISBN

9780300243994