The Nature of Religious Belief

Psychologist Paul Bloom and I talk about the human brain, morality, empathy, perversity, all the things—including Professor Bloom’s new book, Psych: The Story of the Human Mind (Ecco Press, 2023). Culturally Jewish but in practice an atheist, Paul Bloom comes at the recurring theological questions familiar to the Almost Good Catholics audience from the materialistic perspective of psychology.

• Paul Bloom’s Yale faculty webpage
• Paul Bloom’s Toronto faculty webpage
• Paul Bloom’s Wikipedia page
• Paul Bloom’s book, Psych
• Paul Bloom and Dave Pizarro’s Psych podcast
• Paul Bloom’s Introduction to Psychology on Yale Open Courses
• Paul Bloom’s TED Talk about St. Augustine of Hippo and perversity.
• Paul Bloom talks with Russ Roberts on EconTalk about Psych, The Sweet Spot, Cruelty, and Empathy.

Krzysztof Odyniec is a historian of Medieval and Early Modern Europe; he is also the host of the 'Almost Good Catholics' podcast.

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