How God Becomes Real | The Anthropology of Faith

To support me on Patreon (thank you):   / cosmicskeptic   To donate to my PayPal (thank you): http://www.paypal.me/cosmicskeptic VIDEO NOTES Tanya Marie Luhrmann is an American psychological anthropologist known for her studies of modern-day witches, charismatic Christians, and studies of how culture shapes psychotic, dissociative, and related experiences. She is the author of How God Becomes Real, which asks what it means to say that a person 'believes' in gods, how and why this kind of belief is so different from mundane beliefs about the normal world, and how these gods become vividly real to some people. LINKS Buy "How God Becomes Real": https://amzn.to/3Y72VJT TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 2:37 How to build trust with communities being studied 4:09 What does it mean to "believe" in gods? 11:40 Is this a criticism of religious belief? 16:54 What happens when believers are proven wrong? 22:52 Religion as "playing" 40:13 How is this not a criticism of religious belief? 44:45 Religion makes you healthier 49:29 Dr Luhrmann's own "religious experiences" 57:40 Why are some people more religious than others? 1:06:08 Outro SPECIAL THANKS As always, I would like to direct extra gratitude to my top-tier patrons: Itamar Lev Evan Allen John Early Dmitry C. Seth Balodi James Davis g8speedy James Davis Mouthy Buddha Solaf CONNECT My Website/Blog: http://www.cosmicskeptic.com SOCIAL LINKS: Twitter:   / cosmicskeptic   Facebook:   / cosmicskeptic   Instagram:   / cosmicskeptic   Snapchat: cosmicskeptic The Within Reason Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... CONTACT Business email: [email protected] ------------------------------------------