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Why Do People Believe?

13 min • 19 januari 2022

In this episode we explore the complex world of "belief" and present one perspective on the subject, taken primarily from scholar Abby Day's book "Believing in belonging".

Sources:

Day, Abby (2013). "Believing in Belonging: Belief and Social Identity in The Modern World. Oxford University Press.

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