| Description |
xvii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-285) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface : the God question : a moral dilemma for Dr. Laura -- Do you believe in God : the difference in our answers and the difference it makes -- Is God dead? : why Nietzsche and Time magazine were wrong -- The belief engine : how we believe -- Why people believe in God : an empirical study on a deep question -- O ye of little faith : proofs of God and what they tell us about faith -- In a mirror dimly, then face to face : faith, reason, and the relationship of religion and science -- The storytelling animal : myth, morality, and the evolution of religion -- God and the ghost dance : the eternal return of the messiah myth -- The fire that will cleanse : millennial meanings and the end of the world -- Glorious contingency : Gould's dangerous idea and the search for meaning in the age of science -- Appendix 1. What does it mean to study religion scientifically? : or, how social scientists "do" science -- Appendix 2. Why people believe in God -- the data and statistics. |
| Summary |
"Recent polls report that 96% of Americans believe in God. Why is this? Why, despite the rise of science, technology, and secular education, are people turning to religion in greater numbers than ever before? Why do people believe in God at all?" "These provocative questions lie at the heart of How We Believe, an illuminating new study of God, faith, and religion by best-selling author Michael Shermer. Offering fresh and often startling insights into age-old questions, Shermer's new book explores how and why humans put their faith in a higher power, even in the face of scientific skepticism. With characteristic logic and intellectual intensity, Book jacket."--Jacket. |
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Religion and science.
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Faith and reason.
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Faith and reason. (OCoLC)fst00919959
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Religion and science. (OCoLC)fst01093848
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Glaube (DE-588)4071867-0
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Naturwissenschaften (DE-588)4041421-8
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Religion (DE-588)4049396-9
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Vernunft (DE-588)4063106-0
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(PINES)431206 Religion.
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Foi et raison.
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Religion et sciences.
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| ISBN |
071673561X (trade hardcover) |
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9780716735618 (trade hardcover) |
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071674161X |
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9780716741619 |
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0805073825 0613354133 |
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9780805073829 |
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