A Groundbreaking Examination of Religion by the Acclaimed Author of Nonzero and The Moral Animal Int'l C‐ Format
The Evolution of God Robert Wright "A work of genius." —Bill Clinton on Nonzero "A feast of great thinking and writing about the most profound issues...Fiercely intelligent, beautifully written, and engrossingly original." —New York Times Book Review on The Moral Animal A groundbreaking, mind‐opening examination of religion through the ages by the prizewinning author of The Moral Animal and Nonzero. Wright unveils a hidden pattern that the great monotheistic faiths have followed as they have evolved. Through the prisms of archeology, theology, and evolutionary psychology, his findings challenge basic assumptions about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In this sweeping narrative that takes us from the Stone Age to the Information Age, Wright brilliantly examines religion's evolution throughout the ages through the prisms of archeology, theology, anthropology, and evolutionary psychology. He argues with great force that faith has a place in the modern age, that religion can still strengthen the social order —even in an age of globalization—and that modern science, contrary to conventional wisdom, not only is compatible with religion but actively affirms the validity of the religious quest.
JUNE 2009 INT'L C $16, 978‐0‐316‐05487‐4 Carton Qty. 10 History/Religion Little, Brown World Order Qty
Awesome in scope, thrilling in its ambition, and spectacular in its brilliance, THE EVOLUTION OF GOD will forever alter our understanding of religion—it is a book that reconciles faith and science and reveals the natural dynamic by which today's violent extremism could become a thing of the past.
ROBERT WRIGHT is the author of Nonzero, The Moral Animal, and Three Scientists and Their Gods. He is a contributor to Time, a contributing editor of The New Republic, a Slate.com columnist and a visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania.
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