Being human: Religion: bound to believe?

Full Abstract

Atheism will always be a harder sell than religion, Pascal Boyer explains, because a slew of cognitive traits predispose us to faith.

Author information

Author/s: Boyer, Pascal (P);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, USA. pboyer(-atsign-)wustl.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Nature (Nature), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2008-Oct; vol 455 (issue 7216) : pp 1038-9

Dates: Created 2008/10/24; Completed 2008/11/10;

PMID: 18948934, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00)

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