The Evolution Of God

Author : Robert Wright
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0748118551
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution Of God written by Robert Wright and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-11-04 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, faithful followers of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism have looked to their holy texts for spiritual guidance, social and political mandates, and answers to man's burning questions about the workings of the universe. But what if these believers have been overlooking the most important message in their Scriptures? In THE EVOLUTION OF GOD, bestselling author Robert Wright finds a kind of 'hidden code' in the Bible and the Koran. Read closely, he says, these texts reveal the key to harmony among the Abrahamic faiths, and thus to a peaceful world - nothing less than the salvation of humankind. THE EVOLUTION OF GOD explains why spirituality has a role today, why science affirms the validity of the religious quest, and why the future will hold harmony instead of religious extremism. If there is an author capable of giving us a revolutionary, enlightening re-reading of the Scriptures, it is Robert Wright. He has written acclaimed and influential books on the evolution of our minds and our history. Now he tackles the evolution of God.

Author : Leonardo Wolfe
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1664220607
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolution of God written by Leonardo Wolfe and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2021-02-24 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This debut book boldly seeks to argue competitively in the same intellectual field as famous atheists such as RICHARD DAWKINS, CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS, and BERTRAND RUSSELL, and to do so in the spirit and style of such famous Christian apologists as C.S. Lewis and RAVI ZACHARIAS, drawing heavily on basic science, history, physics, psychology, paleontology, anthropology, archeology, neurology, child development and even science fiction. It describes the evolution of the human brain in ancient hominids allowing humans to eventually conceive a non-physical realm (the spirit world), and as the mind evolved intellectually from primitive animism to Christology, God revealed himself gradually as the developing hominid brain became able to comprehend new ideas. For Believers, the author presents a new, intellectually satisfying way to understand and defend the Bible. For both Skeptics and Believers, a worldview is offered that is spiritually meaningful and scientifically sound.

Author : Ajay Kansal
Publisher : Epicurus Books
ISBN 13 : 9789350294383
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution Of Gods : The Scientific Origin Of Divinity And Religion written by Ajay Kansal and published by Epicurus Books. This book was released on 2012-04-23 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did gods create mankind, or did mankind create gods? Why, when and how did mankind begin to worship gods? Religious scriptures the world over claim that one or the other god made man, but science has not yet identified any supernatural power that created and governed human beings. Was it man who came up with the idea of gods to help him cope with his own fears? Could it be that ancient people attributed natural phenomena-unfathomable and frightening to them-to the working of invisible gods? What kind of sufferings or bewilderments made people bow before unseen powers or gods as we call them? When were these gods created? Who invented morals and methods of worship? Who wrote the ancient scriptures such as the Bible and the Vedas? Most crucially, have gods and the scriptures shaped our responses to the world around us? The Evolution of Gods seeks to answer these questions, and explains scientifically how, when and why religions and gods came into being. Ajay Kansal marshals anthropological and historical facts about the development of religions in a simple and straightforward manner to assert that it was mankind that created gods, and not the other way around.

Author : Robert Wright
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780316054874
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of God written by Robert Wright and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 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.--From publisher description.

Author : Grant Allen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of the Idea of God written by Grant Allen and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Grant Allen
Publisher : London : G. Richards
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of the Idea of God written by Grant Allen and published by London : G. Richards. This book was released on 1897 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Grant Allen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of the Idea of God written by Grant Allen and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Grant Allen
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of the Idea of God: An Inquiry Into the Origins of Religions written by Grant Allen and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-29 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Evolution of the Idea of God is a study of humans' belief in God from primitive tribal religions to what Allen considered the more advanced Christian view. It was first published in 1897. The main question of this book is, "How did we arrive at our knowledge of God?" Rather than trying to prove or disprove any claims about the divine, Allen's method simply follows the psychological processes that led humans to religious belief, and further, from a belief in polytheism to monotheism.

Author : Grant Allen
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3753406511
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of the Idea of God written by Grant Allen and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TWO main schools of religious thinking exist in our midst at the present day: the school of humanists and the school of animists. This work is to some extent an attempt to reconcile them. It contains, I believe, the first extended effort that has yet been made to trace the genesis of the belief in a God from its earliest origin in the mind of primitive man up to its fullest development in advanced and etherealised Christian theology. My method is therefore constructive, not destructive. Instead of setting out to argue away or demolish a deep-seated and ancestral element in our complex nature, this book merely posits for itself the psychological question, "By what successive steps did men come to frame for themselves the conception of a deity?"-or, if the reader so prefers it, "How did we arrive at our knowledge of God?" It seeks provisionally to answer these profound and important questions by reference to the earliest beliefs of savages, past or present, and to the testimony of historical documents and ancient monuments

Author : Gersham A. Nelson
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480867322
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of God in Human Imagination written by Gersham A. Nelson and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-21 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After empowering Christianity and becoming its titular head during the first quarter of the fourth century, Roman emperor Constantine played a greater role in determining the core belief and practice of this religion than any family member or disciple of the historical Jesus. Implications of this fact are many and should be of interest to all Christians and others with an interest in, or connections to, Western Civilization. The Evolution of God in Human Imagination addresses vital questions that many have asked for centuries, including how God became man and/or man became God. Professor Gersham A. Nelson examines the evolution of God from a Judeo-Christian perspective, first demonstrating how different regional cultures and mythologies seem to have influenced Judaism and Christianity, before showing how Christianity jettisoned the most fundamental concept of God held by Judaism and other ancient religions. Professor Nelson also argues that a close examination of the Church that emerged with the imperial patronage of Rome during the fourth century repudiated not only Judaism but also views attributed to the Jesus of history. Failure to re-examine the foundation of Christianity, including claims made by leaders regarding divine will and prerogative, after the Reformation, ensured that contradictions and confusion continue to plague one generation of Christians after another. Even when conspicuous flaws were identified in the worldview advocated by Christian teachings, adjustments would, at best, be slow and selective. Nevertheless, the growing capacity of human brings to explore, discover, and create new knowledge has continued to inspire new questions and is providing some unanticipated answers.