The evolution of God /
In this sweeping narrative that takes us from the Stone Age to the Information Age, Robert Wright unveils 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 b...
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New York :
Little, Brown,
[2009]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1: The birth and growth of gods. The primordial faith ; The shaman ; Religion in the age of chiefdoms ; Gods of the ancient states
- Pt. 2: The emergence of Abrahamic monotheism. Polytheism, the religion of ancient Israel ; From polytheism to monolatry ; From monolatry to monotheism ; Philo story ; Logos: the divine algorithm
- Pt. 3: The invention of Christianity. What did Jesus do? ; The apostle of love ; Survival of the fittest Christianity ; How Jesus became savior
- Pt. 4: The triumph of Islam. The Koran ; Mecca ; Medina ; Jihad ; Muhammad
- Pt. 5: God goes global (or doesn't): The moral imagination ; Well, aren't we special?
- Afterword: By the way, what is God?
- Appendix: How human nature gave birth to religion.