#204 – Putting God in a box?
From Recovering Evangelicals by Luke Jeffrey Janssen
March 14, 2026 · 49 min
About this episode
Dr. Will Gervais discusses how a mechanistic explanation for religious belief can complement a Christian faith.
Why a mechanistic explanation for religious belief/unbelief in humans can actually complement a thoroughly Christian faith. Over the last two weeks, Dr. Will Gervais unpacked his research looking at how humans — as a species, as groups of nations, and even as individuals — build a religious belief system. He identified a variety of contributing […]
People in this episode
Host: Luke Jeffrey Janssen
Guest: Dr. Will Gervais
Topics covered
- religious belief
- mechanistic explanation
- Christian faith
- human behavior
- research
Keywords
- religion
- belief systems
- unbelief
- Christianity
- human behavior
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