The Evolution Of Gods The Scientific Origin Of Divinity And Religion

Author : Ajay Kansal
Publisher : Epicurus Books
ISBN 13 : 9350294389
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( 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 : 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 : Grant Allen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( 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 1897 with total page 498 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 : Reza Aslan
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0553394738
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God written by Reza Aslan and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer explores humanity’s quest to make sense of the divine in this concise and fascinating history of our understanding of God. In Zealot, Reza Aslan replaced the staid, well-worn portrayal of Jesus of Nazareth with a startling new image of the man in all his contradictions. In his new book, Aslan takes on a subject even more immense: God, writ large. In layered prose and with thoughtful, accessible scholarship, Aslan narrates the history of religion as a remarkably cohesive attempt to understand the divine by giving it human traits and emotions. According to Aslan, this innate desire to humanize God is hardwired in our brains, making it a central feature of nearly every religious tradition. As Aslan writes, “Whether we are aware of it or not, and regardless of whether we’re believers or not, what the vast majority of us think about when we think about God is a divine version of ourselves.” But this projection is not without consequences. We bestow upon God not just all that is good in human nature—our compassion, our thirst for justice—but all that is bad in it: our greed, our bigotry, our penchant for violence. All these qualities inform our religions, cultures, and governments. More than just a history of our understanding of God, this book is an attempt to get to the root of this humanizing impulse in order to develop a more universal spirituality. Whether you believe in one God, many gods, or no god at all, God: A Human History will challenge the way you think about the divine and its role in our everyday lives. Praise for God “Timely, riveting, enlightening and necessary.”—HuffPost “Tantalizing . . . Driven by [Reza] Aslan’s grace and curiosity, God . . . helps us pan out from our troubled times, while asking us to consider a more expansive view of the divine in contemporary life.”—The Seattle Times “A fascinating exploration of the interaction of our humanity and God.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “[Aslan’s] slim, yet ambitious book [is] the story of how humans have created God with a capital G, and it’s thoroughly mind-blowing.”—Los Angeles Review of Books “Aslan is a born storyteller, and there is much to enjoy in this intelligent survey.”—San Francisco Chronicle

Author : Victor J. Stenger
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1616145994
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God and the Folly of Faith written by Victor J. Stenger and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking at both historical and contemporary contexts, the author argues that religion has played a major role in suppressing scientific pursuit.

Author : Grant Allen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( 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 1920 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Grant Allen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781724395511
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( 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 2018-07-27 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book, the outcome of twenty years of thought and ten years of writing, is certainly one of the most important contributions to the history of the human mind which the last decade has given us....We have no space to trace further the unfolding of these suggestive ideas, which are developed and illustrated with a brightness uncommon in books of serious purpose." -The World "The sympathetic spirit in which Mr. Allen treats a delicate and complex subject should have kindly consideration from those to whom the story of man's beliefs and guesses about the unseen makes appeal....A book which is the outcome of careful scholarly research." -The Daily Chronicle "One of the most ambitious and not the least successful of Mr. Allen's works....It is needless to say that the book is clever, showing marks of wide reading, ingenuity, and a certain verve - one might say dash - and that it attracts by the very reason that the writer is cumbered with few doubts or misgivings as to the soundness of his theories....The true student will profit much by Mr. Allen's erudition and his criticisms of the work of his predecessors." -The Times of London "A work of extraordinary interest and suggestion....It is on the whole a worthy treatment of an immensely interesting subject, a book for the intelligent general reader; one of the books that bristle with the always plausible, and frequently convincing, reason why." -H. G. Wells "It will be understood by every one that the subject Mr. Allen has chosen would be handled by him in a thoroughly scientific manner, and in absolute independence of all theological theories....The writer has collected an immense number of facts bearing on the development of religion, and has put them together in a most interesting way. The more educated part of the world is prepared for a work like this, and we have no doubt it will be read by many with the deepest interest." -The Scotsman CONTENTS PREFACE THE EVOLUTION OF THE IDEA OF GOD. CHAPTER I.--CHRISTIANITY AS A RELIGIOUS STANDARD. CHAPTER II.--RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY. CHAPTER III.--THE LIFE OF THE DEAD. CHAPTER IV.--THE ORIGIN OF GODS. CHAPTER V.--SACRED STONES. CHAPTER VI.--SACRED STAKES. CHAPTER VIL--SACRED TREES. CHAPTER VIII.--THE GODS OF EGYPT. CHAPTER IX.--THE GODS OF ISRAEL. CHAPTER X.--THE RISE OF MONOTHEISM. CHAPTER XI.--HUMAN GODS. CHAPTER XII.--THE MANUFACTURE OF GODS. CHAPTER XIII.--GODS OF CULTIVATION. CHAPTER XIV.--CORN- AND WINE-GODS. CHAPTER XV.--SACRIFICE AND SACRAMENT. CHAPTER XVI.--THE DOCTRINE OF THE ATONEMENT. CHAPTER XVII.--THE WORLD BEFORE CHRIST. CHAPTER XVIII.--THE GROWTH OF CHRISTIANITY. CHAPTER XIX.--SURVIVALS IN CHRISTENDOM. CHAPTER XX.--CONCLUSION.

Author : Thomas R. McFaul
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 163087180X
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God Is Here to Stay written by Thomas R. McFaul and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God Is Here to Stay offers new insights into one of humankind's most profound questions: Does God exist? During the past ten years, theists and new atheists have argued to prove or disprove God's existence. Examining the pros and cons of each side leads to one overarching conclusion: The existence of God can be neither proven nor disproven with complete certainty, even though both sides draw on modern science to support their views. Drs. Thomas R. McFaul and Al Brunsting approach the question of God's existence from an entirely fresh perspective. They examine scientific knowledge in several areas ranging across the physical sciences and human experience to explain how the universe operates within very narrow and highly structured boundaries. Most importantly, they create an innovative "L-M Confidence Scale" to establish confidence levels, not proofs, on how scientific discoveries impact belief in God. McFaul and Brunsting describe the three stages of scientific evolution. In stage 1, the world's religions developed divergent pre-scientific views. Modern science started with stage 2, during which atheists predicted that science would eventually eradicate religion. In stage 3, the authors show how science, evolution, and belief in God have become increasingly integrated and mutually supportive.

Author : Grant Allen
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( 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 Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-21 with total page 406 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.