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Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought
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AuthorPascal Boyer
LanguageEnglish
SubjectsEvolutionary psychology of religion
Evolutionary origin of religions
PublisherBasic Books
Publication date
2001
Media typePrint
Pages384
ISBN0-465-00696-5
OCLC50628396

Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought is a 2001 book by cognitive anthropologist Pascal Boyer, in which the author discusses the evolutionary psychology of religion and evolutionary origin of religions.

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