Title The belief instinct : the psychology of souls, destiny, and the meaning of life / Jesse Bering.

Publication Info.	New York : W.W. Norton, [2011]
	©2011

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Edition	1st American ed.
Description	xiii, 252 pages ; 25 cm
Note	Originally published in Great Britain under the title: The God instinct.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The history of an illusion -- A life without purpose -- Signs, signs, everywhere signs -- Curiously immortal -- When God throws people off bridges -- God as adaptive illusion -- And then you die.
Summary	An evolutionary psychologist examines humans' belief in God and argues that it evolved in the species as an "adaptive illusion" that originally had an evolutionary purpose, now outdated, that ensured the survival of the human race.
Subject	Belief and doubt.
	God.
	Spirituality -- Psychology.
	Psychology and religion.
	Psychology -- Religious aspects.
	Belief and doubt. (OCoLC)fst00830124
	God. (OCoLC)fst00944037
	Psychology and religion. (OCoLC)fst01081555
	Psychology -- Religious aspects. (OCoLC)fst01081503
	Spirituality -- Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01130195
	Psychologie. (DE-588)4047704-6
	Glaube. (DE-588)4071867-0
	Religiosität. (DE-588)4049428-7
	Evolution. (DE-588)4071050-6
	Glaube.
	Religiosität.
	Spiritualität.
	Psychologie.
	Evolution.
	Subjektive Theorie.
	Spiritual life -- Psychological aspects.
	Psychology, Religious.
	Religionspsykologi.
Added Title	God instinct
Standard No.	9780393072990
ISBN	9780393072990 (hardcover)
	0393072991 (hardcover)
	9780393341263
	0393341267

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