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Neil Van Leeuwen, "Religion As Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity" (Harvard UP, 2023)

New Books in Anthropology

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  • Religious beliefs often resemble imaginings more than factual beliefs.
  • Philosophical terminology conflates distinct ways of relating to ideas by calling both religious and factual beliefs 'beliefs'.
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