Barrett marries exceptional conceptual rigour with an easy, accessible style. (Nicholas Wolterstorff, Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology, Yale University)Ī brilliant and challenging presentation of the cognitive study of religion, by a psychologist who practically invented the field. It's the sort of book that shakes up the field all philosophers and psychologists of religion will have to take account of it. His theory is innovative, compelling, and provocative at many points, not least in its conclusion that theism, not atheism, is our natural condition. Barrett's discussion challenges every explanation I know of, doing so on the basis of fascinating and innovative empirical studies, and acute philosophical analysis. For millennia, philosophers and others have offered explanations of religious belief.
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