How God Becomes Real
12 Jan 2026 - 18 Feb 2026
- book by TM Luhrmann. I tend to think of it as "How Gods Become Real" which is actually closer to the contents I think? Rec by Chapman
I argue here that the puzzle of religion is not the problem of false belief, but the question of how gods and spirits become and remain real to people and what this real-making does for humans.
- Flexible Ontologies (p5) Pascal Boyer cited, humans are "wildly anthropomorphic". Even cites Michotte if not by name. Ontological attitudes.
- p10 Cristine Legare, "natural and supernatural explantions are used pervasively across cultures to do different things: one to explain how, the other to explain why" The Coexistence of Natural and Supernatural Explanations Across Cultures and Development Adults are more prone to supernatural explanation than children, interesting.
- Well I don't have the patience for this one, so How God became real summary | Claude