The Evolution of God
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The prize-winning author of The Moral Animal and Nonzero presents a groundbreaking examination of religion through the ages. The New York Times - Paul Bloom In his brilliant new book, The Evolution of God, Robert Wright tells the story of how God grew up. … Wright's tone is reasoned and careful, even hesitant, throughout, and it is nice to read about issues like the morality of Christ and the meaning of jihad without getting the feeling that you are being shouted at. His views, though, are provocative and controversial. There is something here to annoy almost everyone.
Introduction 3I The Birth and Growth of Gods1 The Primordial Faith 92 The Shaman 293 Religion in the Age of Chiefdoms 464 Gods of the Ancient States 70II The Emergence of Abrahamic Monotheism5 Polytheism, the Religion of Ancient Israel 996 From Polytheism to Monolatry 1317 From Monolatry to Monotheism 1658 Philo Story 1889 Logos: The Divine Algorithm 216III The Invention of Christianity10 What Did Jesus Do? 24511 The Apostle of Love 26412 Survival of the Fittest Christianity 28813 How Jesus Became Savior 303IV The Triumph of Islam14 The Koran 32915 Mecca 34416 Medina 35517 Jihad 37518 Muhammad 389V God Goes Global (or Doesn't)19 The Moral Imagination 40920 Well, Aren't We Special? 431Afterword: By the Way, What Is God? 444Appendix How Human Nature Gave Birth to Religion 460A Note on Translations 484Acknowledgments 486Notes 489Bibliography 542Index 555
