The Evolution of God
Books / Hardcover
ISBN: 0316734918 / Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, June 2009
A narrative examination of religion through the ages identifies a pattern that has emerged in the evolution of monotheistic faiths, challenging basic assumptions while explaining how science actually affirms the validity of spiritual quests.
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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 decade in the making, The Evolution of God is a breathtaking re-examination of the past, and a visionary look forward.
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