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Many of our questions about religion, says renowned anthropologist Pascal Boyer, are no longer mysteries. We are beginni

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Religion Explained: the human instincts that fashion gods, spirits and ancestors
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Why do we have religion? Until recently, most anthropologists would tell you this isn't even a valid question. But

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In Anthropomorphic Imagery in the Mesoamerican Highlands, Latin American, North American, and European researchers explo

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In Anthropomorphic Imagery in the Mesoamerican Highlands, Latin American, North American, and European researchers explo

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Greco-Roman religions and superstitions, and early Christianity's engagement with them, are explored in 12 unique s

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Based on interviews conducted with children around the world, this book explores the wild territory of children's i

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It is widely claimed that notions of gods and religious beliefs are irrelevant or inconsequential to early Chinese (“Con

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The notions of ‘gods’ and religious beliefs in early China are often considered to be either unique to a single non-repr

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