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alexctelander 's review for:
The Evolution of God
by Robert Wright
From Robert Wright, author of The Moral Animal and Nonzero, comes a controversial book that is sure to set off the ire of most if not all religious groups. In The Evolution of God Wright gives readers a complete history of religion from our ancient prehistory when fire was something novel and new and ancestral people saw spirits within every rock and tree, to the modern day clash of faiths throughout the world.
Divided into five sections, Wright begins at the very beginning, exploring why people looked to create spirits and gods in objects and the ether to help give a reason behind phenomena like natural disasters, cataclysms, and what happens when a family member dies. He explores these ideas both at the scientific level and the psychological, reducing faith to its component parts. Wright then moves onto the advent of monotheism, Christianity, and Islam, providing a history lesson and analyzing these world-dominant faiths under the same parameters. In the last section, “God Goes Global,” he addresses the state of today’s religions and what it means to us on a global scale.
The Evolution of God doesn’t look to refute religion, or decide which is better or truer than the other; Wright is just telling a history of the evolution of religion and faith through our ancestry to our present. Whether you’re an atheist or are deeply religious, you will nevertheless find The Evolution of God an interesting read, whether you agree with it or not.
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Divided into five sections, Wright begins at the very beginning, exploring why people looked to create spirits and gods in objects and the ether to help give a reason behind phenomena like natural disasters, cataclysms, and what happens when a family member dies. He explores these ideas both at the scientific level and the psychological, reducing faith to its component parts. Wright then moves onto the advent of monotheism, Christianity, and Islam, providing a history lesson and analyzing these world-dominant faiths under the same parameters. In the last section, “God Goes Global,” he addresses the state of today’s religions and what it means to us on a global scale.
The Evolution of God doesn’t look to refute religion, or decide which is better or truer than the other; Wright is just telling a history of the evolution of religion and faith through our ancestry to our present. Whether you’re an atheist or are deeply religious, you will nevertheless find The Evolution of God an interesting read, whether you agree with it or not.
For more reviews, check out the BookBanter site.