It's in the Code Ep 124: "Religion as Make Believe"

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Axis Mundi Media: Bradley Onishi + Daniel Miller

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4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 700-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ What does it mean to “believe” something? What is distinctive about religious belief? Is it different from other kinds of belief? In this episode, Dan interviews philosopher Neil Van Leeuwen to discuss his book, Religion as Make Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity, which opens up a provocative and illuminating account of religious belief. Check it out as Dan and Neil explore these and other questions. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/StraightWhiteJC Order Brad's book: https://bookshop.org/a/95982/9781506482163 Check out BetterHelp and use my code SWA for a great deal: www.betterhelp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	AXIS Moondy
0:07.0	You know what that is?
0:18.0	An ice cold beer. What's different?
0:22.6	It's Budweiser.
0:25.6	Food longer for a refreshing, smooth taste.
0:32.6	Like no other.
0:35.6	Cheers to that.
0:36.6	Budweiser, like no other.
0:39.3	Please drink responsibly.
0:41.3	For the facts, visit drinkaware.coir.
0:42.3	com.
0:43.3	UK. Hello and welcome everybody. As always, my name is Dan Miller. I am professor of religion and social thought at Landmark College, and I am joined today by a guest. It's very exciting. I usually get kind of lonely, but I am joined
1:12.2	by Dr. Neil Van Lewin. Dr. Neil Van Lewin, I will throw it to you to first say welcome. And if you
1:18.3	would, just tell our listeners who you are. Well, first of all, thanks for having me. I'm Neil Van Lewin.
1:25.3	I'm a professor of philosophy now at Florida State University,
1:28.5	but currently I'm in Atlanta because I was at Georgia State University here in Atlanta for many
1:34.0	years and technically still I'm a visiting researcher here. So I work on philosophy of mind,
1:40.9	cognitive science, cognitive science of religion, really studying the nature of believing
1:45.9	and imagining and what those are as ways of relating to ideas. And just on a personal note,
1:53.7	that kind of maybe motivates the book at a, at a, you know, personal level. I grew up in the
2:00.4	Christian Reformed Church and my parents were professors
2:03.1	at Calvin College. So I was going to church twice on Sunday at CRC Church. And so I really had kind of
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