Freud, Burkert, More and Atheism on the Origins and Persistence of Religious Faith
Title: Freud, Burkert, More and Atheism on the Origins and Persistence of Religious Faith
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 3441 | Pages: 13 (approximately 235 words/page)
Freud, Burkert, More and Atheism on the Origins and Persistence of Religious Faith
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 3441 | Pages: 13 (approximately 235 words/page)
Where did religious faith originate and why has it persisted throughout human history to modern times? This is a burning question which has occupied the thoughts of great scholars and theorists for many centuries. Yet, no single theory ever put forward has been capable of satisfactorily accounting for all the data or stand the test of informed criticisms. Of such theories aimed at explaining the origins of religion, several stand out separate from the rest
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