Evolution of God

Name: Evolution of God
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ISBN: 9780316734912

ISBN-10: 0316734918

ISBN-13: 9780316734912

Edition: 2009

Authors: Robert Wright

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In this sweeping narrative that takes us from the Stone Age to the Information Age, Robert Wright unveils an astonishing discovery: there is a hidden pattern that the great monotheistic faiths have followed as they have evolved. Through the prisms of archaeology, theology, and evolutionary psychology, Wright's findings overturn basic assumptions about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and are sure to cause controversy. He explains why spirituality has a role today, and why science, contrary to conventional wisdom, affirms the validity of the religious quest. And this previously unrecognized evolutionary logic points not toward continued religious extremism, but future harmony. Nearly a…

Book details

List price: $28.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Publication date: 6/8/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 576
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.50" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 1.848



Introduction



The Birth And Growth of Gods



The Primordial Faith



The Shaman



Religion in the Age of Chiefdoms



Gods of the Ancient States



The Emergence of Abrahamic Monotheism



Polytheism, the Religion of Ancient Israel



From Polytheism to Monolatry



From Monolatry to Monotheism



Philo Story



Logos: The Divine Algorithm



The Invention of Christianity



What Did Jesus Do?



The Apostle of Love



Survival of the Fittest Christianity



How Jesus Became Savior



The Triumph of Islam



The Koran



Mecca



Medina



Jihad



Muhammad



God Goes Global (or Doesn't)



The Moral Imagination



Well, Aren't We Special?


Afterword: By the Way, What Is God?


Appendix: How Human Nature Gave Birth to Religion


A Note on Translations


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index