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What is religion and how did it evolve Is it the product of blind evolutionary instinct or of rational choice Is the only way to live a good life through religion In this title, the author explores how the great ideas of religion have enthralled us for thousands of years - and whether we could (or should) break free.
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"Ambitious . . . an accessible account of what might be called the natural history of religion."
--The New Yorker "How would a visitor from Mars dispassionately explain human religion? . . . My guess is that the result would be something like this crystal-clear, constantly engaging, and enjoyable new book."
--Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse "Rich and rewarding . . . the main business of the book is to give a scientific account of how religion may have developed among creatures such as us. . . . The product of an extremely bright mind."
--San Francisco Chronicle "An elegant, sharp-minded essay on the need to study religion in a dispassionate way."
--The Economist "Penetrating . . . a sharp synthesis of a library of evolutionary, anthropological and psychological research on the origin and spread of religion."
--Scientific American
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--The New Yorker "How would a visitor from Mars dispassionately explain human religion? . . . My guess is that the result would be something like this crystal-clear, constantly engaging, and enjoyable new book."
--Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse "Rich and rewarding . . . the main business of the book is to give a scientific account of how religion may have developed among creatures such as us. . . . The product of an extremely bright mind."
--San Francisco Chronicle "An elegant, sharp-minded essay on the need to study religion in a dispassionate way."
--The Economist "Penetrating . . . a sharp synthesis of a library of evolutionary, anthropological and psychological research on the origin and spread of religion."
--Scientific American
Daniel C. Dennett is University Professor, professor of philosophy, and co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. His books include From Bacteria to Bach and Back, Freedom Evolves, Consciousness Explained and Darwin's Dangerous Idea, a finalist for the National Book Award.
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- PublisherPenguin Books
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0143038338
- ISBN 13 9780143038337
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