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tcranenj 's review for:
The Evolution of God
by Robert Wright
If your a religious scholar, there's probably not much here that would be news to you. However, the rest of us have plenty to learn from Wright's latest work. In many ways, Evolution of God fits in nicely was some of the recent work of Bart Ehrman (Misquoting Jesus and Jesus Interrupted) in that Wright puts forth the context and scholarly interpretations of some of the better known parts of the Bible and the Koran (i.e. The exhortation to 'Love thy neighbor' is most likely a lot more provincial than we were taught in Sunday school).
Wright's aim is much more than just an attempt to get the record of some well-known religious ideas straight. Wright is really writing a response to the more strident anti-religious works of Dawkins and Hitchens. Wright is not a religious man, but he does try to make the argument that religion speaks to humanity's moral progress and the possibility that there is meaning in the universe. What exactly is that meaning? I'll let you read the book to find out, but it has very little to do with an avuncular guy wearing a white robe.
Wright works through his arguments with a sense of fairness and levity that makes this somewhat lengthy book seem much shorter.
Wright's aim is much more than just an attempt to get the record of some well-known religious ideas straight. Wright is really writing a response to the more strident anti-religious works of Dawkins and Hitchens. Wright is not a religious man, but he does try to make the argument that religion speaks to humanity's moral progress and the possibility that there is meaning in the universe. What exactly is that meaning? I'll let you read the book to find out, but it has very little to do with an avuncular guy wearing a white robe.
Wright works through his arguments with a sense of fairness and levity that makes this somewhat lengthy book seem much shorter.