Full name: The Evolution of God: The Origins of Our Beliefs

Author: Robert Wright Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Religion, History, Science, Psychology, Philosophy Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon Barns&Noble eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780316734912 9780316067447 0316734918 031606744X

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 decade in the making, The Evolution of God is a breathtaking re-examination of the past, and a visionary look forward. Similar books: The Case for God by Karen Armstrong God by Reza Aslan God by Jack Miles The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong A History of God by Karen Armstrong The Devil by Peter Stanford The Bible by Karen Armstrong The Great Transformation by Karen Armstrong The Origin of Satan by Elaine Pagels The Harlot by the Side of the Road by Jonathan Kirsch How Jesus Became God by Bart D. Ehrman Asimov's Guide to the Bible by Isaac Asimov Discovering God by Rodney Stark And Man Created God by Selina O'Grady Lost Secrets of the Sacred Ark by Laurence Gardner The Invention of Religion by Alexander Drake The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James Breaking the Spell by Daniel C. Dennett Buddha's Brain by Rick Hanson Religion Explained by Pascal Boyer