Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity Natasha Pulley By: Ellen Baker

By: Ellen Baker

and he will stop at nothing to make it real

Perfect for a day in the office or a weekend adventure

Chief among these evangelical legends is John Wayne

and Global Baby Playtime and a Good night

Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity Natasha Pulley By: Ellen BakerBy: Van Leeuwen, Neil Published by Harvard University Press, 2026 08 18 A masterly new book. New Yorker A major achievement in the study of religious attitudes. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews To understand the nature of religious belief, we must look at how our minds process the world of imagination and make believe. We often assume that religious beliefs are similar in kind to ordinary factual beliefsthat believing in the existence of supernatural