An Atheist’s Guide to the Divine: Throwing Out the Bathwater but Keeping the Baby

it is suggested that the enduring universality and intuitively compelling quality of belief in God is reflective not of its veracity but of the fact that it is simply human nature to believe. the present paper argues that the preoccupation with external spiritual entities, along with the universal p...

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Main Author: Mirman, M. Chet (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2012
In: Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 2012, Volume: 23, Pages: 171-189
Further subjects:B Social sciences
B Angewandte Sozialwissenschaften
B Religion & Gesellschaft
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