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en-wikipedia-org-965		Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2322	442	52	Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon Wikipedia Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon is a 2006 book by the philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett, in which the author argues that religion is in need of scientific analysis so that its nature and future may be better understood. After answering in the affirmative, Part II proceeds to use the tools of evolutionary biology and memetics to suggest possible theories regarding the origin of religion and subsequent evolution of modern religions from ancient folk beliefs. In Scientific American, George Johnson describes the book's main draw as being "a sharp synthesis of a library of evolutionary, anthropological and psychological research on the origin and spread of religion".[3] The University of Edinburgh (2009-02-10), Daniel Dennett: Breaking the Spell Religion as a Natural Phenomenon, retrieved 2018-04-24	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-965.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-965.txt