The Evolution of God - Hardcover

Wright, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316734918 ISBN 13: 9780316734912

Publisher: Little Brown & Co, 2009

Synopsis

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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Review:

`Robert Wright is a riveting writer, compelling and compulsive. Once he gets a truly big idea going, he grabs you by the coat lapels and doesn't let you go. He is a master of lucid and persuasive prose' Irish Times --Irish Times

`An important book' Sunday Times
--Sunday Times

Book Description:

* A visionary look at spirituality through the ages from the writer whose books are 'a feast of great thinking and writing about the most profound issues.' New York Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0316734918
• ISBN 13: 9780316734912
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 567