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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 credences are a type of 'groupish belief' that associate individuals with an in-group.
  • These beliefs often contain absurdities or non-evidential elements to make them distinctive and group-defining.
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