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Originally Posted by Hamlet53
What I am more interested in is a book that discusses why so many people still believe in religion. I recall reading an article some time ago that suggested that this believe actually was part of our evolution.
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What might be called the evolutionary cognitive science of religion 1s fascinating - though there is no agreement about the cognitive foundations of religious belief. A few of things I could recommend are:
Bringing Ritual to Mind by Robert N. McCauley and E. Thomas Lawson
The Naturalness of Religious Ideas by Pascal Boyer
Faces in the Clouds by Stuart Guthrie
All of these are respected, but contested, theorists in religious studies.