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

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Podcast: [Recovering Evangelicals](https://stenobird.com/podcast/recovering-evangelicals-947295)
Published: 2026-02-27T06:01:00+00:00
Episode link: https://lukejjanssen.wordpress.com/2026/02/27/202-the-evolution-of-religious-belief-and-atheism-part-1/
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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 […]

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