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Nature 439, 535 (2 February 2006) | doi:10.1038/439535a; Published online 1 February 2006

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A natural history of religion

Michael Ruse1

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A darwinian philosopher turns his attention to the strength of religion in the United States.

BOOK REVIEWEDBreaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

by Daniel C. Dennett

Viking/Allen Lane: 2006. 488 pp. $25.95.To be published in the UK in March.

The US presidential election of 2004 showed that the nation is divided. On either coast the states are blue, a colour that, somewhat confusingly for Europeans, represents the political left.