This article by Robert Wright, based on his book The Evolution of God, appeared in the J, issue of Time magazine. The ancient Israelites got straightforward guidance from Scripture on how to handle people who didn’t worship Israel’s god, Yahweh. “You shall annihilate them—the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites—just as the Lord your God . · The Evolution of God. Robert Wright charts an intellectual path beyond the faith versus reason debate. He takes a relentlessly logical look at the history of religion, exposing its contradictions. Yet Wright also traces something “revelatory” moving through human history. Civilization was constantly threatened by the forces of chaos, and obeying the gods, or at least the good gods, was the way to keep chaos at bay. Today the social system, an incipiently global social system, is again threatened by chaos. But now religion seems to be the problem, not the solution.
Civilization was constantly threatened by the forces of chaos, and obeying the gods, or at least the good gods, was the way to keep chaos at bay. Today the social system, an incipiently global social system, is again threatened by chaos. But now religion seems to be the problem, not the solution. Robert Wright on. The Colbert Report. more video "One World, Under God". by Robert Wright Here is a partial list of false or misleading things Jerry Coyne says about my book The Evolution of God in his review of it in The New Republic. I want to emphasize that I think these are innocent mistakes.
Wright's latest book, "The Evolution of God", is a wide-ranging analysis of religious belief, starting from the earliest shamanistic gods, to the emergence of Abrahamic monotheism, to the rise of Christianity and Islam, and to the present-day religions that are being challenged by modern science. The Evolution of God () Robert Wright. The Evolution of God. New York: Little, Brown, In Robert Wright’s the Evolution of God () the reader witnesses the results of combining a breathtakingly sweeping view of religious history blended with a framework of game theory interpretations. Wright assumes a breezy and irreverent style that makes the book accessible within popular culture, even if it also offers observations of interest in academe. The Evolution of God. Robert Wright charts an intellectual path beyond the faith versus reason debate. He takes a relentlessly logical look at the history of religion, exposing its contradictions. Yet Wright also traces something “revelatory” moving through human history.
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