Jesse Bering

Jesse Bering, evolutionary psychologist, Slate contributor, director of the Institute of Cognition and Culture at Queen's University Belfast, and the author of The Belief Instinct: The Psychology of Souls, Destiny, and the Meaning of Life, explains why he believes that we're programmed to believe in God.

Why do some of us believe in God? Why do we grapple for meaning and a sense of purpose in our everyday lives? Author, Jesse Bering explores whether humans are evolutionarily designed to believe in a higher power in his new book, “The Belief Instinct: The Psychology of Souls, Destiny, and the Meaning of Life.”