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Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

By Daniel C. Dennett

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Books
Year
2007
ISBN
0143038338, 9780143038337
Open Library ID
OL7361706M
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1369837 bytes)
Pages
\0
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

For all the thousands of books that have been written about religion, few until this one have attempted to examine it scientifically: to ask why—and how—it has shaped so many lives so strongly. Is religion a product of blind evolutionary instinct or rational choice? Is it truly the best way to live a moral life? Ranging through biology, history, and psychology, Daniel C. Dennett charts religion’s evolution from “wild” folk belief to “domesticated” dogma. Not an antireligious screed but an unblinking look beneath the veil of orthodoxy, Breaking the Spell will be read and debated by believers and skeptics alike.

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