Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity Natasha Pulley Chief among these evangelical legends

Chief among these evangelical legends is John Wayne

) of making new friends--and yes

Perfect for a day in the office or a weekend adventure

even as he became a man in exile from the country of his birth

and promises that nothing can break

Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity Natasha Pulley Chief among these evangelical legendsBy: 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