Gods, Ghosts And Meaning: Belief Across the World

By Kevin Kent

Why do humans believe? And what do our beliefs actually do?

From ancestor worship to AI-powered oracles, from sacred spaces to livestreamed rituals, this book explores how people across cultures and eras have made sense of the unseen. Gods, Ghosts & Meaning is not a celebration of religion, nor a critique of it-it's an anthropologist's guide to how belief works.

With clarity and depth, this book examines the ways spiritual systems organize life, create order, offer comfort, and shape power. It moves beyond theology and into lived experience, exploring how humans use symbols, rituals, and stories to construct meaning-whether they believe in gods or not.

Whether you're religious, secular, skeptical, or somewhere in between, this book will help you understand belief not as something mysterious or irrational, but as something deeply human.

You'll explore:

Why humans believe-and what "belief" actually means

The role of myth, ritual, and the body in spiritual life

How sacred spaces shape religious experience

What spirits, demons, and cosmologies reveal about fear and control

The relationship between religion and political power

How spirituality has adapted to capitalism, digital life, and AI

Whether meaning is possible without belief at all

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FGWJMGJ7
• ISBN13: 9798291198674
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"