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Author Dawkins, Richard, 1941- author.

Title Outgrowing God : a beginner's guide / Richard Dawkins.

Publication Info. New York : Random House, [2019]
©2019

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Edition First U.S. edition.
Description 294 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits (some color) ; 22 cm
Note "Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Bantam Press, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, a Penguin Random House UK Company, in 2019."--Title page verso.
Summary Explains how the natural world arose without a designer and challenges the basic assumptions of world religions to argue that faith is not a necessary component of good behavior.
Note Includes index.
Contents Goodbye God -- So many gods! -- But is it true? -- Myths and how they start -- The good book? -- Do we need God in order to be good? -- How do we decide what is good? -- Evolution and beyond -- Surely there must be a designer? -- Steps towards improbability -- Crystals and jigsaw puzzles -- Bottom up or top down? -- Did we evolve to be religious? Did we evolve to be nice? -- Taking courage from science.
Subject Atheism.
Evolution (Biology) -- Religious aspects.
Philosophy and the life sciences.
Life sciences.
Biology.
RELIGION / Atheism.
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Rationalism.
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General.
Other Editions: Reproduction of (manifestation): Dawkins, Richard, 1941- Outgrowing God London, England : Bantam Press, 2019 9781787631212
ISBN 9781984853912 (hardcover)
1984853910 (hardcover)
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