‘The Evolution of God’ – new book by Robert Wright
Written on June 6, 2009
Robert Wright, author of Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny and The Moral Animal: Why We Are, the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology, has just published The Evolution of God (Little, Brown, 2009)…
Product description from the publisher:
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.
The website for the book has excerpts and more.
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