Minds and Gods —— The Cognitive Foundations of Religion

----- 精神与众神：宗教的认知基础

ISBN: 9780195305340 出版年：2006 页码：243 Tremlin, Todd Oxford University Press

Around the world and throughout history, in cultures as diverse as ancient Mesopotamia and modern America, human beings have been compelled by belief in gods and developed complex religions around them. But why? What makes belief in supernatural beings so widespread? And why are the gods of so many different people so similar in nature? This provocative book explains the origins and persistence of religious ideas by looking through the lens of science at the common structures and functions of human thought.