T.M. Luhrmann

The hard work required to make god real, how it changes the people who do it, and why it helps explain the enduring power of faith. How do gods and spirits come to feel vividly real to people—as if they were standing right next to them? Humans tend to see supernatural agents everywhere, as the cognitive science of religion has...

The hard work required to make god real, how it changes the people who do it, and why it helps explain the enduring power of faith. How do gods and spirits come to feel vividly real to people—as if they were standing right next to them? Humans tend to see supernatural agents everywhere, as the cognitive science of religion has...