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Breaking the spell: religion as a natural phenomenon

By Dennett , Daniel C

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Books
Year
2014
ISBN
067003472X, 9780670034727, 9781101218860, 110121886X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2294021 bytes)
Pages
\456
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
RELIGION / Comparative Religion;RELIGION / Essays;

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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