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#202 – the evolution of religious belief and atheism (part 1)

Podcast: Recovering Evangelicals
Published: Feb 27, 2026
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Summary

It took billions of years and billions of life forms, but religion eventually emerged in one species, and filled the globe; and yet disbelief persists? Today’s guest — Dr. Will Gervais (Brunel University, London UK) — has recently published an exceptional book: Disbelief: origins of atheism in a religious species. In it, he addresses two […]