Why We Believe What We Believe: Our Biological Need for Meaning, Spirituality, and Truth

A scientific analysis of how the brain perceives and transforms reality into a wide range of personal, moral, creative, and spiritual beliefs draws on neurobiological and societal research to reveal how the mind is trained to receive belief systems and can be guarded against mental traps and prejudicial thinking. By the author of Why God Won't Go Away. 50,000 first printing.